SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mirror Test, Impression Management
4 Oct 2016
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Self-concept/self-schema: our thoughts about who we are, and our perceptions of our social identities and personal qualities. We must infer from actions in order to understand. Our understanding of 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) Ex. passive: doing things that you know would make your future self happy. According to george h. mead: the active aspect of the self is labelled as the i, the object of self-action is labelled the me. Charles horton cooley: the looking glass self (1902) People shape themselves based on what other people perceive, and confirm other people"s opinion of themselves. I am, who i think you think, that i am .
