SOCI 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Herbert Mead, Jean Piaget, False Consciousness
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Freud: coined the psychoanalytic perspective and believed that behavior and personality originate from unconscious forces. (id, ego, superego) Charles horton cooley: coined the looking glass self. Looking-glass self: the way in which a person"s sense of self is derived from the perception of others (how others think of us) False consciousness: a lack of awareness and a distorted perception of the reality of a class as it affects all aspects of social life. Self-concepts: the totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves including the physical self, the active self, the social self, and the psychological self. George herbert mead: role-taking and stages of self. Role-taking: a person mentally assumes the role of another person or group in order to understand the world from their perspective. I : a person"s individuality and is a response to the attitudes of other individuals. Me : develops during the three stages of self-development (preparatory stage, play stage, game stage)