Exam 3 Flashcards
Who described the looking-glass self?
Charles Horton Cooley
What did Mead call the viewpoint of society as a whole?
generalized other
a person develops a feeling about his “self” in what process?
looking-glass self
What is the socialized and conforming dimension of the self?
me
What did Becker call behavior which is obedient, but perceived as deviant?
falsely accused
rule-breaking behavior which may be “seen” but not perceived as deviant is what?
secret deviant
Human activity in society is coordinated because human communication uses what?
significant symbols
The following statement was made by whom?
“if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
W.I. Thomas
What arouses a similar response in both the user and the receiver of communications?
significant symbols
What is the general assumption that people choose to act in the ways which are meaningful to them?
voluntarism
What over the individual is experienced as being greater when he can take the viewpoint of the generalized other?
social control
So that he will not be expected to make two different presentations of self at the same time, an individual will, as Goffman observed, attempt what?
dramaturgy (audience segregation)
In what strategy of impression management does the person attempt to keep the diverse groups with which he interacts away from one another?
audience segregation
According to Mead, the person learns to take into account the viewpoints of many people at the same time in what stage of development of self?
game stage
T/F
determinism assumes behavior is caused by factors outside people’s awareness
true
T/F
Becker’s typology presents labels which are applied to types of people
False, applied to behaviors
T/F
Symbolic interactionism is based on the assumption of determinism
False