SOCI 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Personal Identity
24 Oct 2015
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Derived from experience self image reflects cultural ideals and ideas. Esteem self esteem focused on how you feel. A foundation for understanding the nature of the self. Each is a lens they view their relationship to their social role. Can"t direct our attention everywhere at one attention to self is dispersed. The self is indirect glimpses of ourselves are indirect rather than direct. Role taking requires the knowledge of the role and expectation. The self is indirect, you see yourself from the vantage point of others. Depending on the attitudes of the generalized other. Self is influx how the self is being assessed and in turn learning how to be understood. The self requires naming e. g teacher, parents. Naming is integral experience for the self. Naming of the self is tied explicitly or inexplicitly towards naming others. Naming one"s self puts one into a social context into social expectations and obligations. Know how to direct and control your acts.
