Week 3 Unit 1 Chapter 1 The Self

The "I" and the "Me"

By George Herbert who described dual thinking by differentiating between the I and me

"Me"

The me is the object of though. The self we see in the mirror, our personal person and the one that is us

"I"

The subject of though, the person feeling pride or embarrassment. The I is the part of self that's judging and making judgement calls.

Theory of Mind

The recognition that other minds exists, followed by the realization that we can try to imagine others mental states

Mirror Neurons

Cells in our brains that fire in identical way whether were observing or performing an action. When smiling and watching someone smile are the same

self-concept

The simple knowledge of our own existence. Understand who we are

Looking Glass Self (Cooley)

The self that emerges as a consequence of seing ourselves as we think other people see us

In-depth Interviews

Intimate conversation between a researcher and a research subject who agrees to participate

Coding

a process in which segments of text are identified as belonging to relevant categories

Self Fulfilling Prophecy

A phenomenon in which what people believe is true became true even if it wasn't originally true

Laboratory Experiment

Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.

Variable

A factor that can change in an experiment. Any measurable phenomenon that varies

Experimental Group

the group in a laboratory experiment that undergoes the experience that researchers believe might influence the dependent variable

control group

the group in a laboratory experiment that does not undergo the experience that researchers believe might influence the dependent variable

Causal Claims

a claim arguing that a specific change in one variable is responsible for influencing the value of another variable

Correlational Claims

Changes in an independent variable correspond to changes in a dependent variate but not in a way that can be proven casual

Self Narrative

a story we tell about the origin and likely future of our selves

Independent variable

The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

Dependent variable

The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

Your textbook points out that in the experiment on cologne and confidence, the researchers found evidence that supports

self awareness

Durkheim's theory of anomie

the existence of social facts

the self-fulilling prophecy

the self-fulilling prophecy

1. Lisa Wade writes "I am. This is quite a remarkable thing to think." Sociologists seek to understand

how we become aware of ourselves and others

how those others shape the person who we become

how we maintain a sense of self over a lifetime

All of the above

All of the above

1. Which of the following best defines a social fact?

the self emerges as consequence of seeing ourselves as we think others see us

the story we tell about about the origin and likely future of ourselves

products of human interaction that characterize a society and have persuasive or coervice power that exist externally to any individual.

the idea that people are independent actors responsible primarily for themselves

products of human interaction that characterize a society and have persuasive or coervice power that exist externally to any individual.

1. Our sense of self is...
(select all that apply-no partial credit)

a messy mix of constantly evolving memories, most of which are semi-true

based on the way we both narrate our past, while imagining our possible future selves

shaped by feedback from other people that is filtered through our looking glass self (our interpretation of what we think others think of us)

a manifestation of social facts; our memories are grounded in the society we grew up in, our imagined future is rooted in what we know about the society we currently live in, and our looking glass self is shaped by those people who we interact with.

All of the above

1. Which of the following illustrates the way our sense of self is a manifestation of the social facts of the society we live in?

participating in post mortem death photos

the customs we follow that may include the way we greet each other, or the fashion of clothes we choose to wear

the laws that we think our reasonable to abide by

All of the above

All of the above

1. The mirror test examines whether a person or animal is able to recognize that the image they are looking at in the mirror is a reflection of their own body. Recognizing that the image in the mirror is a reflection of the self is an indication that the animal or person is

anomic

self aware

post materialistic

self actualized

self aware

1. George Herbert Mead suggested that our selves have a(n) __________ that does the thinking as well as a(n) __________ that is thought about.

a.
I; other

b.
I; me

c.
me; I

d.
other; I

b.
I; me

1. Arturo is an aspiring artist. As they take the stage for their first time to perform for a live audience, they tap into their ideas of how other performance artists will evaluate them. In doing so, Arturo is taking the perspective of the


a.
significant self.

b.
extroverted other.

c.
generalized other.

d.
introverted self.

c. generalized other.

1. According to George Herbert Mead, the __________ is the part of our self that is the object of thought. It is the part of us that is ashamed of ourselves when we make embarrassing decisions. It is also the part that we try to employ in a good job.

a.
I

b.
looking glass self

c.
self-concept

d.
me

d. me