Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is Socialization?
the process by which people learn to function in social life and become aware of themselves as they interact with others
What is a Self?
consists of your ideas and attitudes about who you are as an independent being
Who was Sigmond Freud?
Australian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, first to provide a social scientific explanation of the self
Who was Charles Horton Cooley?
created the “looking glass self”
What are the three stages of the development of the self?
the ability to imagine how we are being perceived, base it on how others respond to us, and develop a sense of who we are based on these responses.
what is the “I” (Mead)?
the subjective/unique part of the self
What is the “me” (Mead)?
We develop the “me” - the objective side of the self through social interaction
What are the 4 stages of social development?
imitation, pretend, games, and generalized stages
