SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF Flashcards
What is Sociology?
The study of the development,
structure and functioning of human
society.
Who gave the concept looking glass theory?
Charles Cooley
What is looking glass theory?
The people whom a person interacts
with become a mirror in which he or
she views himself/herself.
What is the 3 stage of looking glass theory?
(1) how we imagine we appear to others, (2) how we imagine others’ thoughts or judgments on how we appear, and (3) whether or not we change our appearance or behavior based on how we think others view us
0-3 YEARS OLD stage called
PREPARATORY STAGE
3-5 YEARS OLD stage called
PLAY STAGE
FROM EARLY SCHOOL YEARS, OR 8-9 YEARS OLD stage called
GAME STAGE
What is the 3 stage of development of the self?
Preparatory stage
play stage
game stage
- Children imitate people around them especially family
members with whom they have daily interaction. - Imitation without intention
- Preparing for role-taking
preparatory stage
- Children take role-taking but not as much as
expected. - Self emerged as they pretend to take roles of certain
people or significant others.
– Significant Others pertain to the agents of socialization or
the people helpful for self-building.
play stage
- Aware of their status
- Concerns and taking accountability
- Self is present
game stage
THE SELF IS A
PRODUCT OF
MODERN AND POST-
MODERN SOCIETIES
the attainment and stability
of self-identity are freely
chosen.
modern socities
Self is no longer
restricted by
customs
and traditions.
who exposes the negative consequences of post
modernity.
Jean Baudrillard
o Human consumption structures the
postmodern society.
what the postmodern individuals achieve?
self-identity through prestige symbols that
they consume.
what is prestige symbol?
anything under the advertisement of influence or using
mass media.
Humans in the postmodernity became
insatiable consumer
what society that self became a never-
ending search of prestige or power
to raise their social status
postmodern society
Human Behavior is influenced by
group life
For Sociologists like Mead and Cooley, the self does not depend on
biological predispositions; rather, it is a
product of social interaction.
