SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Interactionism, Self-Awareness, 18 Months

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

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The independent variable is the mirror and the dependent variable is whether or not they take the candy. The group with the mirror are less likely to take more candy. The mirror crates a greater sense of self-awareness, or self-consciousness. Charles horton cooley and the looking glass self: people shape the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat other people per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e, a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)fir(cid:373) other people(cid:859)s opinions of themselves. I am not what i think i am, i am not who you think i am, i am what i think you think i am. We act and develop a sense of who we are depending on the position we are in. It is situational and dependent on who we are interacting with. Children see themselves initially through the eyes of significant others. We develop a sense of self after we develop a sense of other people.