GNED08 Lesson 2 - The Self from the Perspective of Sociology PDF

THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGY Prepared by: Krizia E. Casaba, RPm Reference: Gazzingan, L. B. et al., (2018). Understanding The Self.  1. explain the relationship between and among the self, societ...

THE SELF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGY Prepared by: Krizia E. Casaba, RPm Reference: Gazzingan, L. B. et al., (2018). Understanding The Self.  1. explain the relationship between and among the self, society and culture; 2. describe and discuss the different ways by which society and culture shape the self; LEARNING 3. compare and contrast how the self can be OBJECTIVES influenced by the different institutions in the society; and At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: 4. examine one’s self against the different views of the self that were discussed in the class.  ARE YOU RELATED TO THE SOCIETY? HOW DO YOU SAY SO?  ARE YOU AFFECTED BY CULTURE?  It aims to discover the ways by which the social surrounding/ environment influences people’s What is thoughts, feelings, Sociology? and behavior. GEORGE HERBERT MEAD  “Social The power of the environment in Behaviorism” shaping human behavior. The self cannot be separated from the society.  PREPARATORY STAGE Stages which the person undergoes in PLAY STAGE the course of his development: GAME STAGE  Children’s behavior is primarily based on PREPARATORY imitation. STAGE  Through communication, social relationships are formed. Children begin to “role play” PLAY STAGE and pretend to be other people.  8-9 years old. The child now has the ability to respond not just to one but several members of his GAME STAGE social environment. STAGES OF SELF FORMATION Stage Existence of Self Characteristics Preparatory Stage None Imitates another Play Stage Developing Role-taking Game Stage Present Generalized Other “The self is not present at birth but begins as a central character in a child’s world.” - Mead’s Theory of the Self George Mead explained that the person’s capacity to see through others implies that the self is composed of two parts – the “I” self the “Me” self.  “I” self When the person initiates or performs a social action, the self functions as a subject. (subject to subject)  “Me” self When the person takes the role of the other, the self functions as an object. (subject to object)  “Socialization continues for as long as the person is alive. The self may change based on life circumstances that have strong impact on it. Though a person may have no control over such events, he has control over how he reacts and deals with it which is still an important aspect of the self.” CHARLES COOLEY  In his written work, Human Nature and the Social Order, he discussed the formation of the self through interaction. People learn who they are through their social interaction with other people.  The view of the self is also significantly influenced by the impression and “Looking-glass perception self” of others.  THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A SELF HAS THREE PHASES: People imagine how they present themselves 1 to others.  THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A SELF HAS THREE PHASES: 2 People imagine how others evaluate them.  THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A SELF HAS THREE PHASES: People develop some sort of feeling about 3 themselves as a result of those impressions.  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 ERVING GOFFMAN “Impression Management” People early in their social interactions learned to slant their presentation of themselves in order to create preferred appearances and satisfy particular people.  In Goffman’s observation of people in everyday interactions, he sees similarities of real social interaction to a theatrical “Dramaturgical presentation. Approach” Face-saving measures are resorted to the maintenance of a proper image of the self in frustrating or embarrassing situations. “Face-work” TO A NEW CHAPTER.