Sociological Perspective Flashcards
-according to the University of Carolina’s CAS, it is the study of human social institutions and relationships.
Sociology
-So, the self is not present at birth and the “self” only develops with social experience wherein language, gestures, and objects are used to communicate meaningfully.
The Self as a Product of Social Interaction
-The sociological perspective assumes that human behavior is?
Influenced by group life.
- A particular view of the oneself is formed through?
Interactions with other people, group, or social
-THE LOOKING GLASS SELF
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
-States that a person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.
The Looking Glass Self by Charles Horton Cooley
-The people whom a person interacts with become a mirror in which he views himself. People shape their identity based on?
The perception of others
Three main components of the looking glass self:
> First, we imagine how we must appear to others.
> Second, we imagine the judgment of that appearance.
> Finally, we develop our self through the judgments of others.
-I AND ME SELF
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD
- Mead believed that the self is not innate but develops gradually through?
Social experiences and activities
- is the subjective element and the active side of the self
-it is the evaluator side of you
-is the response of an individual to the attitudes of others - it is who you are and all that you know about yourself
“I-self”
- is the objective element of the self
-it represents the “internalized” attitudes, expectations, and demands of other people about us that we assume
“Me-self”
> The fully development of the self is attained when?
The I and the Me are united
-who you really are and what others see you as are aligned.
Our self-identity continuously changes due to the demands of multitude of social contexts, new information technologies, and globalization
The Self as Product of Postmodern Society
- these freedom and changes offer opportunities for self-cultivation but problems may also arise like?
Alienation and Dehumanization)
Who are the two sociologist in the postmodern society?
Gerry Lanuza
Jean Baudrillard
Who are the two sociologist that are connected to the social interaction theories regarding the self?
Charles Horton Cooley
George Herbert Mead
- is a postmodern sociologist
- according to him, in modern societies the attainment and stability of self-identity is freely chosen. It is no longer restricted by customs and traditions.
GERRY LANUZA
-individuals achieve self- identity through the prestige symbols that they consume
- the cultural practices of advertising and mass media greatly influence individuals to consume goods not for their primary value and utility but to give them a feeling of “goodness and power” when compared with other people.
JEAN BAUDRILLARD
Blank has now become an insatiable consumer and may never be satisfied in his life.
- Thus, the self may be a never-ending search for
prestige in the postmodern society.
Postmodern Self
