SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE THE SELF

Question 1

“The self is born of society. The self is inseparable from society and bound up with communication. It builds on social experience. This is largely a matter of taking the role of the other with increasing sophistications, broadening out from significant others to greater complexity”.

Answer 1

George Mead: The Social Self

Question 2

CREATED THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION

PROCESS STARTED IN CHILDHOOD, WITH CHILDREN BEGINNING TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY BEGAN TO LEARN LANGUAGE

Answer 2

SOCIAL SELF

Question 3

refers to the notion that the self develops through our perception of others’ evaluation and appraisal of us.

The image people have of themselves is based on how theybelieve others perceive them

Answer 3

Charles Cooley: The Looking-Glass Self

Question 4

“front stage,” “backstage,” and “off stage.”

people are concerned with controlling how others view them, a process he called impression management.

Answer 4

Erving Goffman: Constructing Situations & Drama

Question 5

is one of the loci of the self that is subject to alteration, change and development. We have observed how some people fought hard to express, validate and assert their gender rights. Many conservatives may frown upon this and insist on the biological. From the point of view of the social sciences and the self, it is important to give one the leeway to find, express and live his destiny. This forms part of selfhood that one cannot just dismiss.

Answer 5

Gender and the Self