SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Erving Goffman, George Herbert Mead
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Sy101 - lecture 6 - society and social experience makes us human. Nature: people"s fates, likes/dislikes, and behaviour is dictated by inborn characteristics/genetical material. Nurture: people"s fates, likes/dislikes, and behaviour is the product of impact of culture, historical period, family, socialization. A birth we have no idea who or what we are. Socialization: process by which we learn the ways of society (or particular groups) Influences not only how we express our emotions, but what emotions we feel. Social development of the self, mind, and emotions. Si theorist concluded the self or humanness is socially created in an ongoing lifelong process. Imagine how we appear to those around us. Play is critical to development of self as it fosters taking the role of the other (ex hide and seek) Self is gradually attained (first significant others and then generalized others as children learn to internalize the expectations of others) Essential to become cooperative members of human groups.
