Blood pressure is usually expressed in terms of the systolic pressure (maximum during one heart beat) over diastolic pressure (minimum in between two heart beats) and is measured in millimeters of mercury , above the surrounding atmospheric pressure (considered to be zero for convenience).
social/organizational/cultural context. It sees words as symbols interpreted in context. Mead (1934) and Blumer (1972) stressed communication as symbolic interaction that created meaning and oneâs sense of both self and society. Discourse analysis is an extension and elaboration of the contextual perspective.
Letâs get into an AP psychology review of this perspective to help you better understand whatâs going to be on your exam. The social-cultural perspective was founded by Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist. Also known as the sociocultural perspective, this theory emphasized how a child would grow to become an adult and come to develop thoughts, behaviors and beliefs. Vygotsky felt that children were born with different beliefs in their minds.