Socio & Antro Perspective Of The Self Flashcards
the study of causes and consequences
social life, social change, and the social of human behavior
Sociology
examines human behavior at an individual level, looking at culture, language, and physical characteristics across time and space.
Anthropology
study of patterns of communication,
interpretation, and adjustment
between individuals.
Symbolic Interactionism
Symbolic Interactionism
George Herbert
Mead
Symbolic Interactionism
George Herbert
Mead
Stages of the self:
- child imitates the actions of others
Preparatory Stage
Stages of the self
child takes the single other, as if he or she where the other
Play Stage
Stages of the self
child considers the roles of two or more others simultaneously
Game stage
a social psychological concept stating that a person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others
Looking glass self
Looking glass self
Charles Horton
Cooley
Life is like a never-ending play in which people are actors.
Dramaturgical Model of the Self (Dramaturgy)
Dramaturgical Model of the Self (Dramaturgy)
Irving Goffman
Dramaturgical Model of the Self (Dramaturgy)
Irving Goffman
Every day life
Stage
Actor
One self
where we get to deliver our lines
Front stage
where we can retreat.
Back stage
desire to manipulate others’ impressions of us.
Impression management
mechanism we use to present
ourselves to others.
Sign vehicles
refers to a person’s sense of who he
is, his body and his basic identity.
Moi (self)
Self adapts to everyday
social condition.
In particular behavior of human groups and the way they perceive themselves in the daily life are influenced by environmental and seasonal variations
Marcel Mauss
the social concepts of what it means to be who he is
Personne (person)
Self is one that is autonomous, unitary and stable as compared to non-western thought that we are more collectivist in form
Clifford Geertz
a situation
involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or
behaviors. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading
to an alteration in one of the
attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce
discomfort and restore balance.
Cognitive dissonance theory
