The social self Flashcards
A particular view of oneself is formed through interactions with other people, groups or social institutions.
Social self
scientific study of social groups and human relationships, generates new insights to the interconnectedness between ourselves and other people
sociology
A person’s self grows out of a person’s social interactions with others. The people serve as the “mirrors” that reflected images of ourselves.
Loooking glass self by Charles Horton Cooley
a. we have to imagine first how we appear to other people
b. we imagine how other people judge the appearance that we think we present.
c. If we think the evaluation is favorable, our self-concept is enhaced. If it is not, the diminished.
Charles Horton Cooley
Social concept of self entails that individual selves are the products of social interaction
George Mead
difficulty in accurately perceiving and understanding perspectives other than one’s own
egocentrism
The self is not initially there at birth but arises in the process of social experience and activity.
George Mead
Preparatory stage
Play stage
Game stage
Development of Self
children interact through imitation and they respond through symbols, gestures, words, and sounds
Preparatory stage
self is developed by allowing individuals to take different roles, pretend, or express expectations of others.
Play stage
develops one self-consciousness thorugh role playing; a person is able to internalize the perspective of others
Play stage
individual’s recognition that others hold specific values and expectations about behavior
game stage (concept of generalized other)
social self
me self
how other see us
me self
developed by the knowledge of society and social interactions
me self
