Chapter 4 Slides Flashcards
What is Self Concept?
The sense of who you are based on similarities and differences from others
How is Self-concept subjective?
We each have our own perception of the unique collection of traits, talents, and experiences we posses
How is Self Concept social?
It is only through interactions with others that we come to develop the shared understandings of these traits and the bases of the comparison through which we create our subjective self
What is Personal Social Identity?
The range of traits you posses that emphasize the manner in which you see yourself as a unique individual on one end and those that underscore your membership in a group on the other end
How does the nature position theorize how self developed?
Individuals genetics determine who they are and who they will become. Biology or nature has determined self and no amount of nurturance or environmental influence can change who someone is
How does Nurture believe that self develops?
It believes an individuals en iron net determines who a person is
What is Socialbiology?
The idea that social behavior comes from the basic biological needs of survival and reproduction of our genes
What does Behaviourism believe?
Behavior is learned from the environment regardless of individual free will, that is, behaviourism denies free will
How does biological theory see development?
Which sees development as a dynamic process of reciprocal interaction in which individuals play an important role in shaping the environment that they develop within
What does the Bioecological approach allow for?
It holds space for human agency and considers how it can impact the ongoing process that is the development of selves
How does George Herbert Mead see the development of self?
He breaks it into stages where individuals interact with the world and develop meanings for things
What are the steps in George Herbert Mead’s conception of self?
1) Small children and babies are in a prep stage where they observe others and imitate them
2) Play stage where children start to to on others roles, like mommy, or shopper
3) Where older children can take into account numerous roles simultaneously. This represents the socialized self or someone who has developed the generalized other
What were the two parts that mead broke the self into?
I and me
What is the I according to mead?
The uninhibited and spontaneous, it hold the constellation of personality traits an individual recognizes as themselves and also their subconscious desires
What is the me according to Mead?
The socialized self who knows about and complies with societal expectations
What are the 3 stages of looking through the glass the Cooley developed?
1) Imagine how other people see us
2) imagine how those people judge us
3) incorporate the perceived judgements of those others into our sense of self
What are people with a high looking-glass self orientation?
They are people who are more dependent on others perceptions of them and they tend to have less stable self concepts and poorer self esteem
What is Socialization?
The lifelong process through which people learn about themselves, society, their various roles in society and in relation to one another
What are Agents of Socialization?
Groups, social institutions, and or social settings that have the greatest amount of influence in the developing self
Why are families the first agents of socialization?
Families protect and care for children when they are young and provide basic and initial socialization including teaching them language, how and what to eat, personal hygiene habits, and wider societal expectations of how to behave
How does the structural functionalist perspective view family?
It views family as the site at which children learn to become contributing members of society, develop self esteem, and how they evaluate their own self worth
How does conflict theory see family?
As the the site of disagreement and struggle in the context of power differentials
What are Hegemonic values?
The ideas, values, practices of the dominant group of society at a given time
What is a major function of peers?
They are a source of social comparison, that is evaluating yourself against others like you in terms of appearance, ability, etc
