4.2 The Self as a Product of Modern Society among other Construction Flashcards
How do we perceive interaction
a conversation, an exchange of thoughts, listening, talking, influence, belief, and it may give signs or symbols.
We can say that everything we do in a society is involved with ______
interaction
What are the 3 theories
Symbolic Interactionism by George Herbert Mead
Looking Glass-Self by Charles Horton Cooley
Dramaturgy by Erving Goffman
Topics under George Herbert Mead
- I and Me
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Significant Symbol
- Nature of Symbols
What does Me mean in I and Me by George Herbert Mead?
Personne – Generalized – Masked Self
What does I mean in I and Me by George Herbert Mead
Moi – True self
the set of attitudes that a person assumes
Me, generalized others
Refers to the meanings, roles, and values of others that an individual organizes as part of their own self.
Me
The way which human internalize sets of attitudes from others.
Me
It is the immediate response of an individual to others.
I
Refers to the part of the self that is identified as having freedom of creativity.
I
Decides whether to act the same or differently to society
I
In interaction there are symbols
Symbolic Interactionism
Affects what Mead calls as the “Social Self”
Symbolic Interactionism
What is the “Social Self” by Mead?
development of the self
are the perceived meaning from interactions may it be from words or gestures
Symbols
3 Premises of Symbolic Interactionism
- Meaning
- Socialization
- Behaviors
Element of the human existence, as we live in the symbolic domain.
meaning
Every symbol has ____ within
meaning
People identify and shape their symbolic references through ______
Socialization
are learned processes, and therefore, a cultural dimension exist that connects the symbolic educational development.
Behaviors
Meaning of:
* Man as capable of having the idea of a self
* This transforms his relationship to the world, and gives his action a distinct character.
* Human being is an object to himself
- human being may perceive himself;
- communicate with himself; and
- act toward himself
the human being may become the ______ of his own _____
object, action
What are the 2 Symbolic Interaction and Institutions
Family
Religion