Sally was introduced to Robert and Robert immediately worries about what Sally thinks of him. Upon shaking her hand in greeting, Robert notices that he grasps her hand more firmly than usual and quickly releases his grasp. He then finds himself chuckling at comments that he does not find amusing because he wants Sally to feel comfortable. A useful paradigm for analyzing Robert's behavior is:

A useful paradigm for analyzing Robert's behavior is Symbolic Interactionism.

Explanation:

Symbolic Interactionism views social behavior according to language and gestures, observing how individuals socialize and interact with one another through symbols (words, gestures, facial expressions, etc.). This is how the individual begins to develop his/her self.

In this case we can analyze Robert's behavior through his various symbolic gestures, such as shaking her hand, chuckling to himself to calm her down and worrying what she thinks.

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answer; /// decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed;