Sociological Perspective

Question 1

-according to the University of Carolina’s CAS, it is the study of human social institutions and relationships.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

-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.

Answer 2

The Self as a Product of Social Interaction

Question 3

-The sociological perspective assumes that human behavior is?

Answer 3

Influenced by group life.

Question 4

• A particular view of the oneself is formed through?

Answer 4

Interactions with other people, group, or social

Question 5

-THE LOOKING GLASS SELF

Answer 5

CHARLES HORTON COOLEY

Question 6

-States that a person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.

Answer 6

The Looking Glass Self by Charles Horton Cooley

Question 7

-The people whom a person interacts with become a mirror in which he views himself. People shape their identity based on?

Answer 7

The perception of others

Question 8

Three main components of the looking glass self:

Answer 8

> 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.

Question 9

-I AND ME SELF

Answer 9

GEORGE HERBERT MEAD

Question 10

• Mead believed that the self is not innate but develops gradually through?

Answer 10

Social experiences and activities

Question 11

• 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

Answer 11

“I-self”

Question 12

• is the objective element of the self
  -it represents the “internalized” attitudes, expectations, and demands of other people about us that we assume

Answer 12

“Me-self”

Question 13

> The fully development of the self is attained when?

Answer 13

The I and the Me are united
-who you really are and what others see you as are aligned.

Question 14

Our self-identity continuously changes due to the demands of multitude of social contexts, new information technologies, and globalization

Answer 14

The Self as Product of Postmodern Society

Question 15

• these freedom and changes offer opportunities for self-cultivation but problems may also arise like?

Answer 15

Alienation and Dehumanization)

Question 16

Who are the two sociologist in the postmodern society?

Answer 16

Gerry Lanuza
Jean Baudrillard

Question 17

Who are the two sociologist that are connected to the social interaction theories regarding the self?

Answer 17

Charles Horton Cooley
George Herbert Mead

Question 18

• 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.

Answer 18

GERRY LANUZA

Question 19

-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.

Answer 19

JEAN BAUDRILLARD

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

Postmodern Self