SOCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Erving Goffman, Impression Management, George Herbert Mead
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Soci 1110-01- introduction to sociology- lecture #8_part 2 - chapter 5: socialization and. Micro - macro continuum small scale social phenomena: self and individuals in general. Humans and non- humans humans become humans when they are exposed to human interaction. ** depending on culture, you will develop characteristics that are either valuable or invaluable. ** your humanity is a result of your existence among other human interactions. ** the body is not key to determining who you are, it is the social aspect. Symbolic interaction and development of the self how we see ourselves comes from how we think people see us (three steps) The looking glass self, charles horton cooley (1864-1929: we imagine how others see us, we imagine how others are judging us, we react accordingly (marshall, 2012) ** the perception of self" is only possible because of others.