MODULE 1B - THE SOCIOLOGICAL SELF

Question 1

_____ is the study of the role of society in shaping behavior.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

It focuses on how different aspects of society contribute to an individual’s relationship with his world.

Answer 2

Sociology

Question 3

It tends to look outward (social institutions, cultural norms, interactions with others) to understand human behavior.

Answer 3

Sociology

Question 4

The _________ holds that the self is a relatively stable set of perceptions of who we are or our identity in relation to ourselves, others, and the social world.

Answer 4

classical sociological perspective of the self

Question 5

According to Sociology, self is a _______ since we are shaped thru our interaction with other people.

Answer 5

social construct

Question 6

___________ is the process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it. It is the process whereby an individual learns to adjust to a group and behave in a way that is approved by the group.

Answer 6

Socialization

Question 7

Examples of Agents of Socioalization

Answer 7

Family
School
Community
Peers and Friends
Work colleagues
Social institutions

Question 8

Socialization is believed to be a ______, and it begins in our families.

Answer 8

life-long process

Question 9

This is the source of your primary socialization.

Answer 9

Family

(It is your first experiences with language, beliefs and values, behaviors, and norms of your society.)

Question 10

These is the source of your secondary socialization.

Answer 10

Happens as you grow older

(School and Peer group)

Question 11

a place where children starts to socialize outside their home

Answer 11

School

Question 12

one of the most influential agents on the development of the self during school-age.

Answer 12

Peer group

Question 13

the thing that we engage with are a part of our socialization.

Answer 13

The Media

Question 14

Other agents of socialization

Answer 14

clubs and teams, religious groups, workplaces, political groups, and ethnic or cultural backgrounds

Question 15

He asserted that people’s self-understanding is constructed, in part, by their perception of how others view them—a process termed “the looking glass self.”

Answer 15

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 16

(Cooley) You figure out what you look like by looking in a _______. However, you figure out who you are through social interactions.

Answer 16

mirror

Question 17

The theory process Charles Horton Cooley created.

Answer 17

The Looking-Glass Self Theory

Question 18

The ______ is your mirror.

Answer 18

people you interact with

Question 19

The Looking-Glass Theory Process

Answer 19

• We imagine how we appear to others
• We imagine the judgments of that appearance
• We develop ourselves identity through the judgments of others

Question 20

It is based on the perspective that the self emerges from social interactions, such as observing and interacting with others, responding about others’ opinions about oneself, and internalizing them together with one’s feelings about oneself.

Answer 20

The Theory of the Social Self

Question 21

Who created the Theory of the Social Self

Answer 21

George Herbert Mead

Question 22

For Mead, our self is not there at ______, but it is developed over time from social experiences and activities.

Answer 22

birth

Question 23

Mead believed that as we grow up, our beliefs about how other people perceive us start to become more important. And Mead thought that this happens through three different stages:

Answer 23

The Preparatory Stage
The Play Stage
The Game Stage

Question 24

The stage where the children interact with others through imitation.

Answer 24

The Preparatory Stage

Question 25

The stage where the children start to become more aware of the importance of social relationships.

Answer 25

The Play Stage

Question 26

The stage where the children’s understanding of social interactions become even more developed.

Answer 26

The Game Stage

Question 27

Mead refers this as the generalized other.

Answer 27

the society as a whole

Question 28

For Mead, the “me” is our?

Answer 28

social self

(how we believe the generalized other sees us and what we learn through interactions with others.)

Question 29

For Mead, the “I” is our?

Answer 29

response to the “me”

(our personal responses to what society thinks.)

Question 30

These are the ways children interpret situations.

Answer 30

“taking on the role of he other”

imitation (gestures, words)
play (specific roles)
games (multiple roles)
generalized other (role of the group)

Question 31

According to Erving Goffman, people routinely behave like ______

Answer 31

actors on a stage

Question 32

(Goffman) Everyday social life become _____

Answer 32

theatrical

Question 33

Focuses on how individuals take on roles and act them out to present a favorable impression to their “audience”

Answer 33

Dramaturgy

Question 34

He said that we display a series of masks to others in acting roles.

Answer 34

Erving Goffman

Question 35

The Self is a Social Construction Dependent of the Situation

Answer 35

Erving Goffman