Chapter 3 Flashcards
(46 cards)
Micro
interpersonal interaction
macro
structures, societies, systems
what does symbolic interaction focus on
the ways meanings emerge from interaction
what do people act on the basis of?
the meanings they give
what does meaning come from?
social interaction
what do meanings go through
an interpretive process
to understand behavior, what must we understand?
how people define their situations
what do we imagine
how we present ourselves to others
what do we imagine
how others are evaluating us
how do we develop feelings about ourselves
based on impressions of others
Who developed the Looking Glass Self
charles horton cooley
what is the looking glass self
the reflection of ourself we think we see in the behaviors of others (you are-how you see others-see you)
who developed the mind and stages of self
george herbert mead
what is self
learned understanding of responses to others
where does self develop
mental and social life over stages
mind
where we learn to understand and use symbols to interact
self
learned understanding of others responses to our conduct
self is combined “I” and “me”
how I see myself, and organized memory of attitudes of others toward me
who developed the three stages of self development
george herbert mead
Preparatory stage
children imitate the people around them
play stage
child pretends to be other people, “role taking”
game stage
child no longer plays role but will “take role of the other”
when an individual acts, what do they take into account?
an entire group of people
“Taking the role of the other”
we generalize what others do and thus learn what our “selves” should do
