SOCIOL 2LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Character Actor
17 Oct 2017
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Work of mead and goffman have, to this day, in uenced sociological studies: early symbolic interactionism: george herbert mead, theoretical ideas. Involves the ability to take one"s self as both a subject and an object. We are able to see ourself from our own point of view as a subject. We are able to see ourself from other"s points of view as an object. Human being does not have a self at birth. A self develops through social activity and social relationships. General mechanism for development of self was the human ability to. Through our social experience, human beings, as they grow, develop the ability to put themselves in the place of others. Then can examine ourselves as other people may examine us. Develop ability to switch from subjective point of view to objective point of view (becoming objects to themselves) Development of the self (3 stages that occur in childhood: the preparatory stage.
