Transcript The Social Self

The Social Self
Section 2.2
Terms
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Socialization
Self
Looking-glass self - Cooley
Role-taking - Mead
Tabula Rasa - Locke
I & Me
Socialization
• The interactive process through which
people learn the basic skills, values,
beliefs, and behavioral patterns of a
society.
Self
• …is your conscious awareness of
possessing a distinct identity that
separates you and your environment from
other members.
George Herbert Mead
• Role-Taking.
• People not only come to see themselves
as others see them but also take on or
pretend to take on the roles of others
through imitation, play, and games.
• The process enables people to anticipate
what others expect of them.
During games children play specific roles and anticipate others’ actions. (Mead)
Role-Taking
• We first internalize the expectations of the
people closest to us. (significant others)
• As we grow older the expectations and
attitudes of society start to guide our
behavior and reinforce our sense of self.
• Role-Taking is a 3 step process
» Imitation
» Play
» Games
I & Me (Mead)
• Through role-taking, individuals develop a
sense of self. The self consists of two
related parts. (I and Me)
– I is the unsocialized, spontaneous, selfinterested component of personality and selfidentity.
– Me is the part of our self that is aware of the
expectations and attitudes of society – the
socialized self.
John Locke
• The Tabula Rasa
• Each person is a blank slate, or a tabula
rasa, at birth with no personality.
• People develop personality as a result of
their social experiences.
• Infants can be molded into any type of
person.
Charles Horton Cooley
• The Looking-Glass Self
• Infants have no sense of person or place.
Children develop an image of themselves
based on how others see them.
• Other people act as a mirror, reflecting
back the image a child projects through
their reactions to the child’s behavior.
Looking-Glass Self
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The looking-glass self is a 3 step process.
1. We imagine how we appear to others.
2. Based on their reactions to us, we attempt to
determine whether others view us as we view
ourselves.
3. We use our perceptions of how others judge
us to develop feelings about ourselves.
Our understanding of
how others see us
influences how we
view ourselves and
forms part of our
identity. (Cooley)
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The US Supreme Court is hearing a case
from a Native American group
challenging the use of Indian mascot
names once and for all.
This could affect our school.
Pop Culture
There will be a Jersey Shore 4
It will take place in Italy! Oh Yeah!
News
…Snow Day?
18 possible inches of snow on the way
Egypt
• Is in the midst of a revolution to oust their
leader Mubarak
China is censoring all media about this
event
WHY?
The End.