SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Flashcards
We are products of social interaction
Mead & Cooley
The self is found in the prestige system of goods consumed by man.
Baudrillard
The concept of the ‘looking-glass self’.
Charles Horton Cooley
Man develops a sense of self through social interaction:
Develops with social experience
Role-taking
George Herbert Mead
We are usually persuaded by postmodern culture of advertisement and mass media which suggest false needs.
Jean Baudrillard
People whom a person interacts with become a mirror in which one views oneself.
LOOKING GLASS SELF
A person develops a sense of self through social interaction and not the biological preconditions of that interaction.
George Herbert Mead
subjective element and the active side of the self.
Spontaneous and unique traits of the person.
I self
the objective side of the self
The internalized attitudes and demands of other people
The person’s awareness of the demands of others.
Me self
Development of the Self (Mead)
Preparatory Stage
Play Stage
Game Stage
imitating and copying without understanding underlying intentions; preparing for role-taking.
Preparatory Stage
children start to view themselves in relation to others as they learn to communicate through language and symbols. The self is developing.
Play Stage
children now also understand the others around them. The self is now present.
Game Stage
