Lesson 2: Sociological Perspective of the Self Part 1

Question 1

✓It is a study of society, patterns of social relationships, social relationships, social interaction and culture of everyday life.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

From a sociological perspective, human beings CANNOT form a self or personal identity WITHOUT intense social contact with others.
✓We may not be conscious about our characteristics .

Answer 2

Sociology

Question 3

Who are the 3 sociologist

Answer 3

1. George Herbert Mead
2. Charles Cooley
3. Erving Goffman

Question 4

Who is the sociologist of “The Social Self”

Answer 4

George Herbert Mead

Question 5

The SELF is a social Entity.

Answer 5

George Herbert Mead

Question 6

The Self is created through social interaction. Started in childhood with children beginning to develop a sense of self at about them at the same time they began to learn the language.

Answer 6

George Herbert Mead

Question 7

The self emerges from social experience. It is not part of the body, and it does not exist at birth.

Answer 7

George Herbert Mead

Question 8

Social experience involves communication and the exchange of symbols where people create meaning.

Answer 8

George Herbert Mead

Question 9

To understand intention, you must imagine the situation from another person’s points of view. By taking the roles of the others: the self is

Answer 9

Reflective and Reflexive

Question 10

What are the stages of development of self

Answer 10

1. Preparation stage: imitate/mimic actions from the people around
2. Play Stage: ROLE PLAYING is the most important aspect. Start to pretend to be other people.
3. Game Stage: Grasping not only their own social positions but also those of others around them. Understanding of GENERALIZED OTHERS.

Question 11

perspectives and expectations of a network of others (or society in general) that a child learns and then considers when shaping his/her own behavior.

Answer 11

Generalized others

Question 12

What are the dual nature of self

Answer 12

I and Me

Question 13

What does I mean in the dual nature of self

Answer 13

SUBJECT, THE UNIQUE SELF FREE FROM EXPECTATIONS

Question 14

What does me mean in the dual nature of self

Answer 14

OBJECT, THE SELF BASED ON EXPECTATIONS OF SOCIETY

Question 15

The Looking Glass Self

Answer 15

Charles Cooley

Question 16

Refers to the notion that the self develops through our perceptions of others evaluation and appraisal of us.

Answer 16

The Looking Glass Self

Question 17

Constructing situations and drama”

Answer 17

Erving Goffman

Question 18

Social life seems theatrical. Presentation of the self in everyday life.

Answer 18

Erving Goffman

Question 19

He believed that meaning is constructed through interaction.

Answer 19

Erving Goffman

Question 20

what we do in immediate presence of others.

Answer 20

Interaction Order

Question 21

the concepts focuses on how individuals take on roles and act them out to present a favorable impression to their audience.

Answer 21

Dramaturgy

Question 22

Goffman argues that people are concerned with controlling how others view them, a process called

Answer 22

impression management

Question 23

What are the components of impression management

Answer 23

Frontstage: depends on where they are and the time of the day

Backstage: free of expectations and norms that dictate front stage behavior

Question 24

The self is a social construction

Answer 24

dependent on the situation