SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Flashcards
It is important to understand the establishment of the “self” based on social structures could give us a better understanding of who we are and provide reasons. How are interactions can affect us as a person.
Sociology
Study of how human society is established, its structure and how it works, the people interaction with each other and the effects they have to one another is an aspect in which we have considered with regards to the development of a person.
Sociology
10 Social Institutions
- Family
- Religion
- Law
- Politics
- Economics
- Education
- Science
- Medicine
- Military
- Mass media
He is an american sociologist, considered as the Father of American pragmatism.
George Herbert Mead and the Social Self
One of the pioneers in the field of social psychology because of his contributions and the development of the person relating to various social factors.
George Herbert Mead and the Social Self
George Herbert Mead rejected the idea of ______ ________ of the self which proposes that an individual already has an established self from the moment he is born.
biological determination
George Herbert Mead reiterated that the process of establishing the self is through the ______ and _______ of the idea of who we are as a person joining the process of social experience.
construction and reconstruction
Mead proposes these two components of the self which the person have.
“I” & “Me”
The reaction of an individual to the attitude of others, as well as the manifestation of the individuality of the person.
“I”
Are the characteristics behavior and/or actions done by a person that follows the “generalized others” that person interacts with.
“Me”
Mead’s Three Role-playing Stages of Self Development
- Preparation/Language Stage
- Play stage
- Game stage
- Imitation
- Interactions
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Preparation/Language Stage
- Language & Symbols
- Role taking
Play stage
- Recognize the rules of the game
- Identify their roles and the roles of the others
Game stage
People are born in printed with our fictitious identities. Our society gem in name and a way to become who we are.
Charles Horton Cooley