SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Behaviorism
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First person who was not born in europe, was born in massachusetts in 1863. Father was minister, mother came from family line that had valuable achievement. Father taught in university (college) in ohio was a centre for political agenda. Education was dogmatic this is how the world is, he lost faith. After university, had pragmatic school of thought. Had experience with engineer, went to college with william james, was one of james" top students. Went to germany through college years, started first job in sociology in chicago. The kind of education was very hands-on. He taught in psychology, inventor of social psychology = study of how social interaction shapes our minds. He himself didn"t write very much, he found it very hard to find written words to say things. Was very exciting lecturer, he died as technical author in 1931. His key ideas came out of psychology. Main idea was behaviourism = we can only study what we observe.
