The Social Self Section 2 2 Terms Socialization

The Social Self Section 2. 2

Terms • • • 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 • 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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Marengo District 154 • 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.

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Egypt • Is in the midst of a revolution to oust their leader Mubarak China is censoring all media about this event WHY?

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