SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mirror Test, Psych, On Being

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Paul Galvin

Document Summary

Self-concept / self-schema: our thoughts about who we are, and our perception of our social identities and per- sonal qualities. Place a baby in front of a mirror and see how the baby reacts to their reflection. If they"re able to recognize oneself, then that would be an attribute of self-aware- ness. But, they see the mirror as an extension of the room (with another baby in that room) rather than a reflection. Our understanding of the self is drawn from symbolic interaction theory. The self is the individual viewed as both the source and the object of reflexive behaviour. The self is both active (the source that initiates reflexive behaviour) and passive (the object toward whom reflexive behaviour is directed) According to george h. mead: the active aspect of the self is labeled the i and the object of self-action is labelled the me. Charles horton cooley: the looking glass self (1902)