SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reference Group, Impression Management, W. E. B. Du Bois
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Double consciousness, w. e. b du bois: have to look at yourself through the eyes of others. Symbolic interactionism: cooley, mead, goffman, able to think about how we think about ourselves, not born with a sense of self, sense of self is fundamentally shaped through communication with others. Imagining how they will see us: some people"s approval matters more than others. Significant others: people close enough to us to strongly influence our behavior. Reference groups: abstract group of people whose behaviors you seek to emulate. You do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to actually k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the(cid:373) Role models: exemplary member of reference group becomes model for behavior. Senior in your major, blogger, older sibling. Generalized other: what is considered appropriate in a particular time or place. Based on social roles and social norms. All that we do is a staged performance. Front stage = public presentation of self and impression management. Impression management: managing the impression we give off.
