SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: George Herbert Mead, Psy, Ingroups And Outgroups
27 Sep 2018
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George herbert mead: stages in developing a self-reflexive self. The me is more regulated, as it is the internalization of societal values and beliefs. Cooley"s provocative statement imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society was reflected in his development of what he termed the looking-glass self. Looking-glass self is conceptualized as having three components: the imagination of out appearance to the other person; the imagination of their judgement of that appearance; and self feelings, such as pride influenced by: People who we have a strong connection to. Thomas coined the term definition of the situation. According to thomas if [individuals] define situations as real, they are real in their consequences . Interested in adjustive responses, noting their social nature. Thomas believed that adjustive responses were in fact an individual"s interpretation and/or response to [one"s] definition of the situation. The situation doesn"t have to remain static or unchanged.
