According to Herbert Blumer, which of the following require thinking?

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Blumer outlined three basic premises of symbolic interactionism:
1. Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings that the things have for them.
2. The meaning of such things is derived from, or arises out of, the social interaction that one has with one's fellows.
3. These meanings are handled in, and modified through, an interpretative process used by the person in dealing with the things he/she encounters.
Symbolic interactions involve interpreting or defining each other's actions instead of merely reacting to each other's actions. Therefore, thinking is an essential process in symbolic interaction because individuals must interpret and assign meaning to the symbols that constitute any interaction.
In contrast, gestures (a), unit acts (b), and nonsymbolic interaction (c) do not necessarily require the same level of cognitive processing or interpretation as symbolic interaction. Gestures may be instinctive or learned responses, unit acts can be understood as discrete actions that may not involve complex interpretation, and nonsymbolic interaction refers to direct and straightforward interactions that do not rely on the interpretation of symbols.

According to Herbert Blumer, Which of the Following Require Thinking