Chapter 2 Social Self Powerpoint Presentation

Chapter 2 Social Self Powerpoint Presentation

1. The Self in the Lens of Society and

2. The Self It is often defined by the following characteristics : Separate – it is distinct from other selves, it is always unique and has in its own identity 2. Self-contained – it is distinctive with its own thoughts, characteristics and volition and does not require any other self to exist .

3. 3. Independent – it is consistent and unitary 4. Private – it means isolated from the external world. (feelings, emotions, private thoughts)

4. B. The Self and Culture According to Mauss , every self has two faces: personne and moi . Moi refers to a person’s sense of who he is, his body, and his basic identity

5. B. Personne is composed of social concepts of what it means to be who he is. And what it means to live in a particular institution, family, religion, nationality, and how he behave given the expectations and influences from others.

6. C. George Herbart Mead and the Social Self Mead was considered as the father of American pragmatism He rejected the notion of the biological determination of the self. “An individual already has an established self from the moment he was born” (Biological Determination) VS “A person with regards to who they are develops from one’s social interaction with other people.”

7. Meaning – The self is established through the construction and reconstruction of the idea of who we are as a person during the process of social experience.

8. The “I” and “ME” components according to Mead “I” – is the reaction of the individual to the attitude of others “ME” – are characteristics, behavior, and or actions done by a person that follows the “generalized others.”

9. Mead’s Three Role –playing Stages of Self Development Stage 1 Preparatory Stage (Birth – 2 years old) The infant simply imitates the actions and behaviors of other people that in infant interacts with

10. Stage 2 Play Stage (2-6 years Old) This is where children begins to interact with others with which certain rules apply, these rules often time does not adhere to any set or standards but rather are rules that are set by the children themselves. This also where they practice real life situations through pretend play and is the on-set of consciousness. The development of the self in this stage occurs through the preliminary experiences that serves as practice for the child.

11. Stage 3 Game Stage (6-9 years Old) Characterized by the ability of the children to reorganize the rules of the game and be able to identify their roles of the others that is playing with them. They learn the implications of their actions as well as the understanding or taking into account how one can take into account the view point of the society on the attitudes and actions.

12. Mead - … the establishment of the sense of self, socialization is a lifetime endeavor , and the people one interacts with will change throughout a person’s life in consideration to the social environment one belongs to like school, home, work. And such interactions will concretize the identity and sense of self.

13. The idea of “self” may be based on the general attitudes and behaviors of other people or the individuality of the person that manifests as a response to those attitudes and behaviors of others.