SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Erving Goffman, Social Psychology, Herbert Blumer
6 Jan 2020
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Psychological definition: self as position - your personality made up of values, beliefs, motives, traits and dispositions. Sociological definition: self as socially constructed - peoples" selves and identities reflect social conditions. (more fluid than psychological self) Self as "the processes in which we construct a sense of who we are through interaction with others" Self concept: the snapshot that you take of yourself in one particular time and place. Self identities: thoughts about ourselves, or the kind of person we see ourselves as. Self-evaluation: feelings or judgements we make of ourselves. Self identification: refers to the conversations we have with ourselves about ourselves. Our inner dialogue takes place between these two characters within us. Goffman - developed the ideas of mead, james and burke. "the study of how we present ourselves, playing roles and managing impressions during interactions with other people"
