CC211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Richard Shweder
Document Summary
A feeling and emotion: how emotions play out (frustrated by crime) Shame is mostly negative, but wanting to turn it into something positive. Looking- glass self: hand held mirror representing social identity. Self-monitoring our individual= social identity is tied to individual identity. Person is by product of biological and social interaction: example is human and animal behaviour. Stigma is one result is a negative emotion to have. Shame is a master emotion negative emotion to have in society: people are always shamed throughout their lives. Threatens social bans that we have with others (relationship) Shame is the fear of being judged: what others think about is, negative factor of shame. Loss of status, self-awareness family and friends may judge: we know that others will judge us. Shame is tied to moral failure: judging others base don their social life, shame leads to criminal behaviour. Shame brings self-doubt: very stressful, leading to acting out the way society views them.
