SOCIOLIGICAL PERSPECTIVE Flashcards
it is an academic discipline in the social sciences that aims to discover the ways by which the social surrounding or environment influences, people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior
Sociology
Factors that may affect/influence a person as they grow old
Culture
Social Interaction
Socialization
Group and Social Roles
Formal Organizations
Institutions
father of symbolic interactionism
George Herbert Mead
how humans create or communicate with the use of hand gestures; focuses on defining and shaping a variety of subfields with emphasis on roles, self, identity, and socialization process.
Symbolic Interactionism
describes that the power of the environment shapes our human behavior
Social Behaviorism (George Herbert Mead)
George Herbert Mead’s Three Stages of Development
- Preparatory Stage 2. Play Stage 3. Game Stage
in this stage a person still has no clue what the fuck is happening and imitates other people; dependent on social interaction and experiences; based on imitation.
Preparatory Stage
in this stage relationships are formed through communication and children begin to roleplay; a significant development of the self
Play Stage
in this stage the kid now knows responsibility when it comes to various relationships and tasks; sees the perspective of others around him too
Game Stage
imitating another person’s perspective in life
Roleplay
when the person considers other people in the course of his actions; the person realizes that people in society have cultural norms, beliefs, and values.
Generalized other
when the person initiates a social action; functions as a subject
I (George Herbert Mead)
when the person takes the role of the other person; functions as an object
Me (George Herbert Mead)
who invented I and Me Principle
George Herbert Mead
discussed the formation of the self through a socio-psychological approach and interaction
Charles Horton Cooley