Jill is the school's baseball coach. Jill sees Michael, one of her baseball players, having fun at the mall with his friends after missing practice due to illness. Because Michael's behavior did not conform to his sick role, Jill concludes that he was faking and makes him run laps at the next practice. Jill just utilized the ______ approach.

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Jill's assumptions about Michael's behavior and her subsequent actions towards him are consistent with the symbolic interactionist approach, which emphasizes the role of meaning and interpretation in social interactions. Jill interprets Michael's behavior at the mall as evidence that he was faking being sick, and based on that interpretation, she applies a sanction (in the form of making him run laps).

Jill Is the School's Baseball Coach