1. Externalization: "the ongoing outpouring of human being into the world, both in the physical and the mental activity of [people]. ... It is through externalization that society is a human product" (4)
What is externalization in social construction of reality?
Externalization means how a person “projects his own meanings into reality” (Berger & Luckmann, 1967, p. 104). In other words, how people with different perspectives interact with each other, access the knowledge stocks of others, share the common stocks of knowledge and make their subjective knowledge explicit.
What does Objectivation mean in sociology?
Objectivation is the conversion of a concept or abstraction into an object. ... The objectivated person thereby becomes an object and part of the environment. Being part of the environment, the objectivation may react back on the person (e.g. Marx's idea of alienation).