Understanding The Self (SS021) Flashcards
is the study of human society, its development, structure, function, and social interaction
Sociology
In contemporary literature, is commonly defined by the following characteristics: “separate, self-contained, independent, consistent, unitary, and private.
Self
Characteristics of the self
Separate
Self-contained
Independent
Consistent
Unitary
Private
Social constructivists argue that the self has to be seen as something that is in ___ ___ with external reality and is ___ in its dealings with society
constant struggle, flexible
The self is ___ __ ___ with ___ ___ and its identity is subjected to influences here and there.
always in participation, social life
An American Sociologist
George Herber Mead
Father of American pragmatism
George Herber Mead
Mead ___ the idea of ___ ___ __ __ ___
rejected, biological determination of the self
What are the two components of the self
I , ME
The reaction of the individual to the attitude of others, as well as the manifestation of the individuality of the person
I
The characteristics, behavior, and actions done by a person that follows the “generalized others
ME
Mead’s Three Role Playing Stage of Self-Development
The preparatory stage (birth - 2 years old) , The play stage (2 - 6 years old), The game stage (6 - 9 years old)
During this stage the infant simply imitates the actions and behaviors of the people that the infant interacts with.
The preparatory stage (birth - 2 years old)
The time when children begin to interact with other with which certain rules apply
The play stage (2- 6 years old)
Rules that are set by the children themselves.
The play stage (2- 6 years old)
Ability of the children to recognize the rules of the game and be able to identify their roles and the roles of the others that are playing with them.
The game stage (6 - 9 years old)
The final stage of self-development
The game stage (6 - 9 years old)
Studies the human species and its immediate ancestor and the systematic exploration of human biology and cultural diversity.
Anthropology
___influences the development of the self through ___
Culture, Enculturation
4 Subdisciplines of Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology, Archeological Anthropology, Biological or Physical Anthropology. Linguistic Anthropology
The study of human society and culture which describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences.
Cultural Anthropology
___ requires fieldwork to collect data, often ___ and ___ to the group.
Ethnography, Descriptive, Specific
___ uses data collected by a series of research, usually ___ and ___
Ethnology, Synthetic, Comparative
This reconstructs, describes, and interprets human behavior and cultural patterns through material remains.
Archeological Anthropology
It focuses on human evolution as revealed by the fossil, human genetics, human growth and development, human biological plasticity, and biology.
Biological or Physical Anthropology
It studies language in its social and cultural context across space and over time.
Linguistic Anthropology
refers to customary behavior and beliefs that are passed on through enculturation (Kottak, 2008).
Culture
Is the social process by which culture is learned and transmitted
Enculturation
Is a social process that is learned and passed from one generation to the next.
Culture
He elaborated that the human body is not essential for anthropological study
Csordas (1999)
The body is not an __ to be studied in relation to culture but is to be considered as the __ of culture
Object, Subject
He described culture as “a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life“
Geerts (1973)
The study of acquiring knowledge through rational thinking and inquiries that involve answering questions regarding the nature and existence of man and the world we live in
Philosophy
Philosophy is derived from the ___ words: ___ - ___ and ___ - ___
Greek, Philos, Love, Sophos, Wisdom
Considered the first martyr of education, knowledge, and philosophy
Socrates
Plato was his student
Socrates
His philosophy underlies the importance of “Knowing oneself”
Socrates
According to Socrates what is man’s goal in life
To obtain happiness
He believe that the only way for us to understand ourselves is through internal questioning or introspection
Socrates
One of the most renowned thinker of his time
Plato
The father of the academy
Plato
A student of Socrates
Plato
He followed his teacher and the idea of knowing thyself through his works
Plato
Believed in the division of a person’s body and soul
Plato
Plato’s 3 parts of the soul
Appetitive Soul, Spirited Soul, Rational Soul
The part of the person that is driven by desire and need to satisfy oneself.
Appetitive Soul
Satisfaction involves physical needs, pleasure, and desires
Appetitive Soul
The part of the soul can be attributed to the courageous part of a person
Spirited Soul
One who wants to do something or to right the wrongs that they observe
Spirited Soul
The part of the soul that is the driver of our lives
Rational Soul
The part that thinks and plans for the future “the conscious mind”
Rational Soul
A Saint and a Philosopher of the church
St. Augustine
His work’s focal point is how God and his teachings affect various aspects of life
St. Augustine
His idea of a man and how to understand who we are as a person is related to our understanding of who we are and how we question ourselves
St. Augustine
He believes that our notion of ourselves and our idea of existence comes from a higher form of sense in which bodily senses may not perceive or understand
St. Augustine
A French Philosopher; the Father of Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes
His belief in modern dualism or the existence of body and mind and its implication to one’s existence
Rene Descartes
Continuous process of questioning what we perceive and accepting the fact that doubting and asking questions is a part of one’s existence
Methodical Doubt
A person is comprised of mind and body
Rene Descartes
“Cogito Ergo Sum”
I think Therefore I am
“I think therefore I am”
“Cogito Ergo Sum”
An English Philosopher and Physician
John Locke
The Father of Classical Liberalism
John Locke