SOCB43H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Protestant Work Ethic, Pietism, Calvinism
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Mead: the act is the basic unit of mead"s social theory. Explain the four interrelated components of the act as defined by mead: a) If you feel like your community is mistreating you the way to change that is showing them the generalized other. It"s not just a thought, you said it, you are out there, and you realize yourself out there in it. You get a definite personality and character: evolution, social evolution was a force dominated by the me" self. Modern society had more room for the i" to move. When you have education, you encourage students to have their own thoughts instead of memorizing things all the time. Mead thinks of the two as having pragmatic interaction. A more creative and innovative society where more of life is like jazz ensemble, interactions have expectations that each person must contribute something back on their own. Simmel: what is association and how does it relate to action.
