SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Symbolic Interactionism

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

Document Summary

1 group was near a mirror and one wasn"t. The mirror made them more self-aware and were more likely to obey the orders: impulsive self. Schema: thoughts about who we are, our perceptions, social identities, & personal qualities: self-awareness. Chimpanzees & some dolphins and elephants has self-awareness in the mirror: self-esteem, self-knowledge. Our idea idea self is drawn from symbolic interaction theory. Source and object of reflexive behaviour: active part = i. = impulse to act: passive part = me. Charles horton cooley the looking glass self. Idea that people shape themselves based on how other people perceive them. We see ourselves through the lenses of other people (we internalize) Our sense of others develop before our sense of self. Looked at language of children (learn the word mama before their own name) Roles taking = occupy the position of another person to understand their perspective.