4.2 The Self as a Product of Modern Society among other Construction

Question 1

How do we perceive interaction

Answer 1

a conversation, an exchange of thoughts, listening, talking, influence, belief, and it may give signs or symbols.

Question 2

We can say that everything we do in a society is involved with ______

Answer 2

interaction

Question 3

What are the 3 theories

Answer 3

Symbolic Interactionism by George Herbert Mead

Looking Glass-Self by Charles Horton Cooley

Dramaturgy by Erving Goffman

Question 4

Topics under George Herbert Mead

Answer 4

• I and Me
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Significant Symbol
• Nature of Symbols

Question 5

What does Me mean in I and Me by George Herbert Mead?

Answer 5

Personne – Generalized – Masked Self

Question 6

What does I mean in I and Me by George Herbert Mead

Answer 6

Moi – True self

Question 7

the set of attitudes that a person assumes

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Me, generalized others

Question 8

Refers to the meanings, roles, and values of others that an individual organizes as part of their own self.

Answer 8

Me

Question 9

The way which human internalize sets of attitudes from others.

Answer 9

Me

Question 10

It is the immediate response of an individual to others.

Answer 10

I

Question 11

Refers to the part of the self that is identified as having freedom of creativity.

Answer 11

I

Question 12

Decides whether to act the same or differently to society

Answer 12

I

Question 13

In interaction there are symbols

Answer 13

Symbolic Interactionism

Question 14

Affects what Mead calls as the “Social Self”

Answer 14

Symbolic Interactionism

Question 15

What is the “Social Self” by Mead?

Answer 15

development of the self

Question 16

are the perceived meaning from interactions may it be from words or gestures

Answer 16

Symbols

Question 17

3 Premises of Symbolic Interactionism

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• Meaning
• Socialization
• Behaviors

Question 18

Element of the human existence, as we live in the symbolic domain.

Answer 18

meaning

Question 19

Every symbol has ____ within

Answer 19

meaning

Question 20

People identify and shape their symbolic references through ______

Answer 20

Socialization

Question 21

are learned processes, and therefore, a cultural dimension exist that connects the symbolic educational development.

Answer 21

Behaviors

Question 22

Meaning of:
* Man as capable of having the idea of a self
* This transforms his relationship to the world, and gives his action a distinct character.
* Human being is an object to himself

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• human being may perceive himself;
• communicate with himself; and
• act toward himself

Question 23

the human being may become the ______ of his own _____

Answer 23

object, action

Question 24

What are the 2 Symbolic Interaction and Institutions

Answer 24

Family
Religion

Question 25

Symbolic interactionists argue that shared activities help to build emotional bonds, and that marriage and family relationships are based on ______

Answer 25

negotiated meanings

Question 26

emphasizes that families reinforce and rejuvenate bonds through symbolic rituals such as family meals and holidays.

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interactionist perspective

Question 26

Focuses on the ways in which individuals interpret their religious experiences.

Answer 26

Religion

Question 27

Once they are regarded as sacred, they take on special significance and give meaning to people’s lives

Answer 27

Religion

Question 28

Types of Signs

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* Signs * Natural Signs * Conventional Signs

Question 29

Something that stands for something else

Answer 29

Sign

Question 30

would exist only if there is an organism capable of perceiving and responding to it

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Sign

Question 31

found only in “natural” connection with the things for which they stand

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Natural Signs

Question 32

thing or event associated with other thing or event

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Conventional Sign

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Produced and controlled by the very organism that have learned to respond to it.

Answer 33

Conventional Sign

Question 34

Looking the Glass Self by who?

Answer 34

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 35

Who observes that people who dwell in the conformity tend to?

Answer 35

Charles Horton Cooley, perceive their familiar lifestyle as the standard norm

Question 36

Who suggests that the ______ and ______ be abreast with each other and be put into harmony?

Answer 36

Charles Horton Cooley, self-feeling, social-feeling

Question 37

individual's perception and evaluation of themselves

Answer 37

self-feeling

Question 38

one's awareness and understanding of societal norms, values, and expectations

Answer 38

social-feeling

Question 39

The idea of ______ is tied to its relations that comprises society (by who?)

Answer 39

self-freedom, Charles Horton Cooley

Question 40

“if there is no communication there can be no nomenclature (naming things) and no developed thought.”

Answer 40

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 41

Three Principle Elements of Looking Glass-self

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1. The imagination of our appearance to other person 2. The imagination of his judgement to that appearance 3. Some sort of self-feeling such as pride or mortification

Question 42

Topics under Erving Goffman (Dramaturgy)

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* Performer and Character * Impression Management * Dramatic Realization * Front stage and back stage

Question 43

The general concept that we make a presentation of ourselves to others is hardly a novel

Answer 43

Dramaturgy

Question 44

According to dramaturgy, our performance in society shapes how we think of ourselves. True or False?

Answer 44

True

Question 45

A theory by who that likens social interaction to the theater

Answer 45

Dramaturgy by Erving Goffman

Question 46

Individuals can be seen as performers, audience members, and outsiders that operate within particular “stages” or ______

Answer 46

social spaces

Question 47

Individual is divided into two basic parts; which are:

Answer 47

Performer and Character

Question 48

A harried fabricator of impressions involved in the all human task of staging performance

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Performer

Question 49

a figure, typically a fine one, whose spirit, strength, and other sterling qualities the performers were designed to evoke.

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Character

Question 50

defined as a conscious decision on the part of the individual to reveal certain aspects of the self and to conceal others, as actors do when performing on stage.

Answer 50

Impression Management

Question 51

Emphasizes that while in the presence of others, the individual typically infuses his activity with signs which dramatically highlight and portray confirmatory facts that might otherwise remain un- apparent or obscure

Answer 51

Dramatic Realization

Question 52

We do dramatic realization through

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1. The expressions we give 2. The expressions we give off

Question 53

The expressions we give typically include

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* Primarily the things we say, * The intentional poses, facial expressions (smiles, surprise, etc.) * Other controlled body language we emit;

Question 54

2) The expressions we give off typically include

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* the elements of our expressiveness over which we have less control; * the inconsistencies between what we say and what we actually do, * the body language which “gives us away” in some situations

Question 55

What are our self-presentation motives or the reason why people act?

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1. Achieve personal goals 2. Present a consistent and positive view of our self to the world 3. Conform to social norm

Question 56

What are the 2 social settings?

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Front Stage and Back Stage

Question 57

In the setting of a Back Stage,

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- Individuals are free from the expectations and norms that influences behavior - People more comfortable and often associated with “true self.”

Question 58

In the setting of a Front Stage,

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- The behavior is observed - When individuals are aware that others are watching - Behavior is reflected with the set norms in a given setting

Question 59

Individual plays different roles represented by ______

Answer 59

acted behaviors