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Part IV Producing social selves (the looking-glass self (self idea (self…
Part IV Producing social selves
who am I?
self-awareness and agency
children develop self awareness as they learn language, they learn to recognize their own behavior and attribute meaning to it
when they become aware of things they are fascinated with their ability to control things in their enviorment
self concept
example, "alex is a nice boy" to "I am a nice boy"
we learn more in the first 5 years of life than over the rest of our entire lifetime
the children begins to take on a more internal and organized, sense of ownership for his feelings and actions
self understanding
how people see themselves in reference to others
or as a relational characteristic
see themselves a roll
central topic in social psychology
social psychologist consider the self to be an aspect of social interaction
our sense of self is formed In terms of social positions and our ideas about what other people think of us
the looking-glass self
if we perceive other to be responding positively, then we feel good about ourselves
if we perceive a negative reaction, then we feel mortification
when we encounter others, we look to see how they are responding to us, similar to looking into a mirror to see how we look
both mead and cooly emphasize social interaction as a central element in self development
the looking-glass consist of an internal image we generate about our self when we are trying to figure out what others think of us
self idea
the imagination of his judgment of that appearance
the imagination of our appearance to other person
self-feeling, such as pride or mortification
the comparison with a looking-glass hardly suggest the 2nd element, the imagined judgment, which is quit essential
self as a process of contradictions and conflict
hegemonic
middle class
heterosexual
most normall
people who do not have these characteristics are considred "othes"
a theory of a Genius
The explanation of a genius that is most common is that it is a product of inherited genes
one of talent
self-esteem