PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Henri Tajfel, Toshiyori, Impression Management
1 Nov 2016
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Our thoughts about who we are and our perceptions of our social identities and personal qualities. Our understanding of the self is drawn from symbolic interaction theory. The self is the individual viewed as both the source and the object of reflexive behaviour. The self is both active (the source that initiates reflexive behaviour) and passive (the object toward whom reflexive behaviour is directed) The active aspect of the self is labeled the i. The object of self action is labeled the me. People shape themselves based on what other people perceive, and confirm other people"s opinion of themselves. We imagine how we must appear to others. We develop our self through the judgements of others. Role taking: the process of imaginatively occupying the position of another person and viewing the self and the situation from hat person"s perspective. Mead identified two sequential stages leading to the emergence of the self in children.
