Lesson 3: The Self From The Perspective Of Sociology & Anthropology PDF

PRAYER We praise you Lord, and we thank you for the opportunity to study at a time like this and for all the blessings you bestow on us. Bless our teachers who inspire and guide us. Bless our parents who work hard to support us. Bless our block mates and all the people who...

PRAYER We praise you Lord, and we thank you for the opportunity to study at a time like this and for all the blessings you bestow on us. Bless our teachers who inspire and guide us. Bless our parents who work hard to support us. Bless our block mates and all the people who care for us. Bless us, help us to be more attentive, patient and diligent to understand the lessons that we will discuss and tackle today. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  GEd 101: Understanding the Self THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY Lesson 3 First Semester SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF 3 WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? Sociology is one of the disciplines in the social sciences which aims to discover the ways by which the social surrounding/environment influences people’s thoughts, feelings and behavior. It presents the self as a product of modern society. 5 Sociological Perspective of the Self Our sense of self emerges from our interactions with others and is influenced by different agents of socialization. 5 Sociologists are concerned about the following questions: How does the society influence you? How do you affect the society? Who are you as the person in the community? 6 GEORGE HERBERT MEAD Social Behaviorism is the approach he used to describe the power of the environment in shaping human behavior. - The self emerges from social experience. It is not part of the body and it does not exists at birth. 8  STAGES OF SELF-FORMATION Play Stage Game Stage Preparatory Stage Children begin Children are now aware Children imitate “role-taking” in of their position in the significant others to which they relationship to the other learn meaning mentally assume numerous social behind symbols, the perspective of positions in society. gestures and another and - Taking into account the language. respond from that societal rules view-point. 9  Mead identified the two phases of self: 1. Me Self - the phase which reflects the attitude of the generalized other - the "me" is the social self - Mead defines the "me" as "a conventional, habitual individual 2. I Self - the phase that responds to the attitude of generalized other or the “I”. - the "I" is a response to the "me - the “I” as the “novel reply” of the individual to the generalized other. 10 “Mirror, mirror, who do I really see right now?” 11 “Do you believe society shapes the lives of the people who live within them? Why?” 12 CHARLES HORTON COOLEY He made use of the socio-psychological approach to understand how societies work. Cooley coined the term “looking-glass self” – self is a product of social interaction. three main steps: People imagine how they appear to other people; People imagine how others are, thus judging them based on appearance and how they present themselves; People imagine how others feel about them based on the judgments they make. 13 14  I am not what I think I am I am not what YOU think I am I am what I think YOU think I am 15 ERVING GOFFMAN He used the concept of Dramaturgical Approach - the idea that life is like a never-ending play in which people are actors. He coined the term “impression management” to refer to our desire to manipulate others’ impressions of us. According to Goffman, we use various mechanisms, called Sign Vehicles, to present ourselves to others. 1. Social setting 2. Appearance 3. Manner of interacting 17 18 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF 20 21 22 What makes us ‘US’? How God Created People?  There is an old debate regarding the relative contributions of genetic inheritance and environmental factors to human development. NATURE VS NURTURE 35  NATURE NURTURE Refers to genetic inheritance which sets the individual potential 37  NATURE NURTURE Refers to genetic inheritance Refers to socio-cultural which sets the individual environment which influence potential the individual 39  CULTURE described as a group of people’s way of life. Theory of Cultural Determinism – human nature is determined by the ideas, meanings, beliefs and values learned as members of a society. 41 OYLSMBS 42 OREESH 43 TIRLUSA 44 ALEVSU 45  SYMBOLS the words, gestures, pictures or objects that have recognized or accepted meaning in a particular culture 46  HEROES persons from the past or present who have characteristics that are important in culture 47  RITUALS activities participated by a group of people for the fulfilment of desired objectives and are concerned to be socially essential 48  VALUES considered to be the core of every culture These are unconscious, neither discussed or observed, and can only be inferred from the way people act and react to situations. 49  GEd 101: Understanding the Self THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY Lesson 3 First Semester