Unit 2: Self from the Perspective of Sociology

Question 1

The study of human social relationships and institutions

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

Concerned with how society influences behavior patterns

Answer 2

Sociology

Question 3

A process of internalizing norms and ideologies

Answer 3

Socialization

Question 4

The focus of socialization in pre-modern societies

Answer 4

• Social Rules
• Family-centeredness

Question 5

The focus of socialization in modern societies

Answer 5

• Individualism
• Self-identity

Question 6

The 4 key characteristics of modernity

Answer 6

• Industrialism
• Capitalism
• Institutions of Surveillance
• Dynamism

Question 7

Who stated that people tend to create social groups?

Answer 7

George Simmel

Question 8

The 2 types of social groups

Answer 8

• Organic Group (naturally occurring)
• Rational Group (shared interests)

Question 9

Who viewed the self as “the looking-glass self”?

Answer 9

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 10

Who stated that individuals base themselves on how they believe others view them?

Answer 10

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 11

Cooley’s 3 steps on Human Nature and the Social Order (1902)

Answer 11

1. Imagine how you appear to the other person
2. Imagine their judgment
3. Feel a sense of pride, happiness, or guilt

Question 12

A founding member of the American Sociological Association in 1905

Answer 12

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 13

Who viewed the self as the “me” self and “I” self?

Answer 13

George Herbert Mead

Question 14

Mead’s view on the self referring to the self that acts through socialization and shows conformity

Answer 14

Me Self

Question 15

Mead’s view on the self referring to the true self that acts in extreme situations

Answer 15

I Self

Question 16

Mead’s 3 stages of development

Answer 16

1. Language (symbols, gestures)
2. Play (role-play)
3. Game (societal rules)