Module 03: The Sociology & Anthropology of the Self Flashcards
This is the study of human social relationships and institutions.
Sociology
This is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Professionals investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts.
Sociology
This is the systematic study of humanity, with the goal of understanding our evolutionary origins, our distinctiveness as a species, and the great diversity in our forms of social existence across the world and through time.
Anthropology
This is “the science of humanity,” which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species.
Anthropology
According to Stevens (1996), the “Self” is commonly defined by the following characteristics: (SSICUP)
(1) Separate
(2) Self-contained
(3) Independent
(4) Constant
(5) Unitary
(6) Private
This characteristic of life suggests that the self is isolated from the external world.
Private
It is ever-changing and dynamic, allowing external influences to take part in its shaping.
Self
This pertains to ‘the person’ and their ‘social context’ where the boundaries of one cannot easily be separated from the boundaries of the other
Social Constructionist Argument
According to him, the self is not a static entity that stays constant through and through.
Stevens
What is the gist of the self according to Stevens?
Multifaceted
According to this French Anthropologist, there is an elucidation regarding the faculty or paradoxical nature of remaining as the same person and turning chameleon by adapting to one’s context.
Marcel Mauss
According to Marcel Mauss, the self is constituted of two parts:
(1) Moi
(2) Personne
This pertains to a person’s sense of who he is, his body, and his basic identity, biological given. It is a person’s basic identity.
Moi
This is composed of the social concepts of what it means to be who he is. It has much to do with what it means to live in a particular institution, a particular family, a particular religion, a particular nationality, and how to behave given expectations and influences from others.
Personne
According to Vignoles et al., (2016), these influence how we think about the world, our social relationships, health and lifestyle choices, community engagement, political actions, and ultimately our own and other people’s well being
Social Influence
Recent studies, indicate that men and women in their growth and development engage actively in the shaping of the self. The unending terrain of metamorphosis of the self is mediated by ______________________.
Language
As both a publicly shared and privately utilized symbol system. this is known as the site where the INDIVIDUAL and the SOCIAL make and remake each other.
Language
This theory believed that the sense of self is developed through social interactions, such as observing and interacting with others
Social Self Theory
According to him, the self is not yet present at birth. Rather, it is developed over time from social experiences and activities.
George Herbert Mead
According to George Herbert Mead, there are three activities that develop the self.
(1) Language
(2) Play
(3) Games
He develop the Looking Glass Self?
Charles Cooley
According to Charles Cooley, people develop a sense of self having 3 elements:
(1) How we imagine we appear to others.
(2) Judgment we imagine that other people may be making about us.
(3) Self-image based upon the evaluations of others.
This is a group of people affiliated by a specific relationship. Basically, this is the most fundamental unit of social organization that with which we most intimately identify.
Family
What are the types of family? (NSECSG)
(1) Nuclear Family
(2) Single Parent
(3) Extended Family
(4) Childless Family
(5) Stepfamily
(6) Grandparent Family
This is is a biological term for a person’s genetic condition of being male or female.
Sex
This is a social interpretation that varies across cultures. This term is personal, social and cultural.
Gender
This is a social construct determined by a person’s ancestral origins, culture, and physical attributes inherited from their ancestors
Ethnicity
What are the terms under gender?
(1) Sexual Orientation
(2) Gender Identity
(3) Gender Expression
This combined with Ethnicity to further define a person’s identity within his or her larger community
Nationality
A research anent to ethnicity stated that they usually believe that they belong to ethnic minorities, are found to have lower self-esteem when they compared themselves to Whites, who are more advantaged
African-Americans
They are assumptions that are made about individuals because they belong to a particular social group.
Stereotypes
