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

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How do we perceive interaction

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

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

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interaction

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3
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What are the 3 theories

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Symbolic Interactionism by George Herbert Mead

Looking Glass-Self by Charles Horton Cooley

Dramaturgy by Erving Goffman

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Topics under George Herbert Mead

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  • I and Me
  • Symbolic Interactionism
  • Significant Symbol
  • Nature of Symbols
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What does Me mean in I and Me by George Herbert Mead?

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Personne – Generalized – Masked Self

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

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Moi – True self

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the set of attitudes that a person assumes

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Me, generalized others

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

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Me

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The way which human internalize sets of attitudes from others.

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Me

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It is the immediate response of an individual to others.

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I

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

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I

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Decides whether to act the same or differently to society

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I

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13
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In interaction there are symbols

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Symbolic Interactionism

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14
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Affects what Mead calls as the “Social Self”

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Symbolic Interactionism

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What is the “Social Self” by Mead?

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development of the self

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16
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are the perceived meaning from interactions may it be from words or gestures

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Symbols

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17
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3 Premises of Symbolic Interactionism

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  • Meaning
  • Socialization
  • Behaviors
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18
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Element of the human existence, as we live in the symbolic domain.

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meaning

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19
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Every symbol has ____ within

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meaning

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20
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People identify and shape their symbolic references through ______

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Socialization

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21
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are learned processes, and therefore, a cultural dimension exist that connects the symbolic educational development.

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Behaviors

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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
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23
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the human being may become the ______ of his own _____

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object, action

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24
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What are the 2 Symbolic Interaction and Institutions

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Family
Religion

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

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negotiated meanings

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

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interactionist perspective

26
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Focuses on the ways in which individuals interpret their religious experiences.

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Religion

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

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Religion

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Types of Signs

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  • Signs
  • Natural Signs
  • Conventional Signs
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Something that stands for something else

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Sign

30
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would exist only if there is an organism capable of perceiving and responding to it

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Sign

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

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Natural Signs

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thing or event associated with other thing or event

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Conventional Sign

33
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Produced and controlled by the very organism that have learned to respond to it.

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Conventional Sign

34
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Looking the Glass Self by who?

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Charles Horton Cooley

35
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Who observes that people who dwell in the conformity tend to?

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

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

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Charles Horton Cooley, self-feeling, social-feeling

37
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individual’s perception and evaluation of themselves

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self-feeling

38
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one’s awareness and understanding of societal norms, values, and expectations

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social-feeling

39
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The idea of ______ is tied to its relations that comprises society (by who?)

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self-freedom, Charles Horton Cooley

40
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“if there is no communication there can be no nomenclature (naming things) and no developed thought.”

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Charles Horton Cooley

41
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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
42
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Topics under Erving Goffman (Dramaturgy)

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  • Performer and Character
  • Impression Management
  • Dramatic Realization
  • Front stage and back stage
43
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The general concept that we make a presentation of ourselves to others is hardly a novel

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Dramaturgy

44
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According to dramaturgy, our performance in society shapes how we think of ourselves. True or False?

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True

45
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A theory by who that likens social interaction to the theater

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Dramaturgy by Erving Goffman

46
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Individuals can be seen as performers, audience members, and outsiders that operate within particular “stages” or ______

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social spaces

47
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Individual is divided into two basic parts; which are:

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Performer and Character

48
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A harried fabricator of impressions involved in the all human task of staging performance

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Performer

49
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a figure, typically a fine one, whose spirit, strength, and other sterling qualities the performers were designed to evoke.

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Character

50
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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.

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Impression Management

51
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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

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Dramatic Realization

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We do dramatic realization through

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  1. The expressions we give
  2. The expressions we give off
53
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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;
54
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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
55
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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
56
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What are the 2 social settings?

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Front Stage and Back Stage

57
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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.”
58
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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
59
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Individual plays different roles represented by ______

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acted behaviors