CHAP 2.1-2.2| Sociological Perspective

Seperate

Unique; distinct to others

Self-contained and independent

Distinct with its own thoughts, characteristics and volition

Consistent

Enduring, expected to persist for quite some time

Unitary

Center of all experiences and thoughts

Private

Isolated from the external world, the self lives with the world different from the environment

Social constructivist

Argue that the self should not be seen as a static entity that day through and through

Social constructivist

The self must be seen as something that is in increasing flux, in a constant struggle with the external reality and us malleable in its dealings with society

Social constructivist

We ourselves play different roles, act c in direct ways depending on our circumstances

Moi

referees to a persons sense of who he is, his body and his basic identity his biological givenness. Persons basic identity

Personne

Is composed of the social concepts of what it means to be who he is- this is what adjust to social settings

Nature

Genes and heredity factors

Nurture

Environment variables

Culture

Refers to customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Culture

Product of human interaction and a social heritage that have been transmitted through generations.

Culture

Learned and not inborn.

Norms

Guides or models of behaviors which tells us what is right or wrong/ what is appropriate and inappropriate

Folkways

Refers to customary patters of everyday life that specify what is socially correct and proper in everyday life

Mores

They are seen as extremely important and more considered vital food the groups welfare and survival

Laws

Norms that are enforced formally by a special political organization

Language

System of symbols that gave specific and arbitrary meaning given society

Fashion, fads , and craze

Short lived social Norms with which people expected to comply with

Filipino cultures

Family comes first

Filipino cultures

Viewers one holds about the world, values uphold in making choices and decisions and the habits and persistent behaviors one cares have been formed in the context of one’s family and home environment

Social influence

Persuasive effects of people have on each other

Social facilitation

When others presence facilities or affects our performance

Social inhibition

When others presence inhibits our performance

Social loafing

Tendency of people to exert less effort to achieve a goal when they are in a group

Groupthink

This occurs when a group makes faulty or ineffective decisions for the sake of reaching a consensus

Subcultures

Groups of people who do not exactly meet their society’s ideals

Culture shock

People of one culture sometimes become upset when they are confronted with those of a other culture

Culture lag

This means the dysfunction in, or inability if a given society to adopt a culture immediately as a result of disparity in the rage of change between few material and non material elements of the culture

Sociology

Is it is a study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction and culture of everyday life.

George Herbert Mead

The Social Self

The Social self

The SELF is a social Entity.

The social self

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.

Social Entity

Cannot leave without social interaction

Reflective

Our experience

Reflexive

Being able to adjust

George Herbert Mead

Stages of development of self

Preparation Stage

Imitate/mimic actions from the people around

Play stage

Role playing is the most important aspect. Star to pretend to be other people.

Game stage

Grasping not only their own puddings but also those of others around understanding them of generalized others

Generalized others

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.

I

Subject, the unique self free from expectations

Me

Object, the self based expectations of society

Charles Cooley

The looking glass self

The looking glass self

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

The looking glass self

The image people have of themselves based on how they believe others perceive them.

Positive self concept

Favorable evaluation

Negative Self Concept

Negative evaluation

Erving Goffman

Constructing situations and drama

Constructing situations and drama

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

Constructing situations and drama

He believed that meaning is constructed through interaction

Interaction order

What we do in immediate presence of others

Dramaturgy

The concept focuses on How individuals take on roles and act then out to present a favorable impression to their act

Impression management

Goffman argues people are concerned in controlling how others view them

Frontstage

Depends on where they are and the time of the day

Backstage

Free of expectations and norms that dictate front stage behavior

Self is a social construction

dependent of the situation