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What did George Herbert Mead describe as a 'dimension of personality that is made-up of the individual’s self-awareness and self-image'?

  • The self (correct)
  • The superego
  • The id
  • The ego

What did George Herbert Mead emphasize as the power in shaping human behavior?

  • Genetics
  • Social status
  • The environment (correct)
  • Individual willpower

According to Mead, what are the bases of communication in the preparatory stage of self-formation?

  • Symbols (correct)
  • Emotions
  • Instincts
  • Intuition

Where did George Herbert Mead graduate and teach grade school before enrolling at Harvard University?

<p>Oberlin College (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At what stage of self-formation do children imitate the behaviors of people around them and start to know and understand symbols?

<p>The preparatory stage (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did George Herbert Mead consider as the power in shaping human behavior?

<p>The environment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did George Herbert Mead describe as a 'dimension of personality that is made-up of the individual’s self-awareness and self-image'?

<p>The social self (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did George Herbert Mead graduate and teach grade school before enrolling at Harvard University?

<p>Oberlin College (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At what stage of self-formation do children imitate the behaviors of people around them and start to know and understand symbols?

<p>The preparatory stage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Mead, what are the bases of communication in the preparatory stage of self-formation?

<p>Language, gestures, objects (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

George Herbert Mead's Concepts

  • The "me" dimension of personality refers to an individual's self-awareness and self-image.

Self-Formation Stages

  • The preparatory stage is characterized by children imitating the behaviors of people around them and starting to understand symbols.
  • In this stage, the bases of communication are imitation and play.

Influences on Human Behavior

  • George Herbert Mead emphasized the power of social interaction in shaping human behavior.

Mead's Life

  • George Herbert Mead graduated from Oberlin College and taught grade school before enrolling at Harvard University.

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