LESSON 2 Flashcards

The Self from Sociological Perspective

1
Q

“___________” coined by Isidore Auguste Comte

A

sociologie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

“socius” and “logos” meaning

A

study of companion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

a social science that studies human societies, their interactions, and the processes that preserved and change them

A

Sociology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q
  • He was born on February 27, 1863 and died on April 26, 1931
  • He graduated at Oberlin College
  • He enrolled at Harvard University in 1887 taking up his MA in Philosophy
A

George Herbert Mead

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Prominent in the field of social
psychology, sociology, philosophy, and pragmatism

A

George Herbert Mead

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

People develop their self-image
through interactions with people

A

Social Behaviorism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

‘______’ is the dimension of personality that is made-up of the individual’s self-awareness and self-image

A

self

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

How you view yourself physically

A

Self-image

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Your thoughts and feelings

A

Self-awareness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Mead’s Stages of Self Formation

A
  1. Preparatory Stage (birth - 2 y/o)
  2. Play stage (2 - 7 y/o)
  3. Game stage (8 - 9 y/o)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The ‘self’ is not present at birth but it develops over time through social interaction and social experience

A

Preparatory Stage (birth-2 y/o)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

At this stage, children learn through the process of “_________”

A

imitation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Children will become familiar with symbols that people use in their interaction

A

Preparatory Stage (birth-2 y/o)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Skills at knowing and understanding the
symbols of communication is important for this constitutes the basis for socialization

A

Play stage (2-7 y/o)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Children start role-playing and taking on the role of significant people in their lives

A

Play Stage (2-7 y/o)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

The ‘self’ is developing

A

Play stage (2-7 y/o)

17
Q

Children learn their role in relation to others and how to take on the everyone
else in a game

A

Game Stage (8-9 y/o)

18
Q

Children begin to become able to function in organized groups and most importantly, to determine what they will
do

A

Game Stage (8-9 y/o)

19
Q

Existence of Self: NONE

A

Preparatory stage

20
Q

Existence of Self is developing

A

Play stage

21
Q

Existence of self is present

A

Game stage

22
Q

Characteristic: Imitation

A

Preparatory Stage

23
Q

Characteristic: Role-Taking

A

Play stage

24
Q

Characteristic: Generalized other

A

Game stage

25
Q

When the person initiates or
performs a social action, the self functions as a subject

A

“I” self

26
Q

subjective = evaluate yourself

A

“I” self

27
Q

When the person takes the role of the other, the self functions as an object

A

“Me” self

28
Q

objective = others evaluate you

A

“Me” self

29
Q

I will reward myself with cash

A

I self

30
Q

The reward was given to me

A

Me self

31
Q
  • American Sociologist
  • Sociopsychological Approach
  • Earned his Doctorate at University of Michigan and became a sociology professor at the same university
A

Charles Horton Cooley

32
Q

In his (CHARLES
HORTON COOLEY) written work __________________, he discussed the formation of the self through social interaction

A

Human Nature and the Social Order

33
Q

A person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perception of others

A

Looking-Glass Theory of Charles Horton Cooley

34
Q

looking-glass theory develops in three phases:

A
  • People imagine how they present themselves to others
  • People imagine how other evaluate them
  • People develop some sort of feeling about themselves as a result of those impressions
35
Q
  • Canadian-American Sociologist,
    Social Psychologist and Writer
  • Deemed by others as the most
    influential American Sociologist
  • 73rd President of the American
    Sociological Association
  • Listed as sixth most-cited author in
    the humanities and social sciences
A

Erving Goffman

36
Q

People, at initial phase of social
interactions, tends to slant their
presentation of themselves to create preferred appearances and satisfy particular people (impression management)

A

The presentation of the self in everyday life

37
Q

Goffman uses the imagery of a
theater/theatrical presentation in order to portray the nuances and significance of face-to-face social interaction

A

Dramaturgical Approach