Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 4 - Reinforcement, Role conflict, Ascribed status
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Self: the knowledge we have of our selves which makes us distinct from others, self-concept: traits, feelings, values, that underline our own personalities, how we see ourselves in the social world. Involves self-awareness of our abilities and limitations: also involves how we see personally, as well as in the social world, self esteem: a(cid:374) e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) of o(cid:374)e"s (cid:449)orth. If (cid:449)e re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e positi(cid:448)e rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for our (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, (cid:449)e"re (cid:373)ore likel(cid:455) to repeat it: ecological theory of human development: idea that people shape their environment over time, human development is an ongoing, evolving, and reciprocal process, becoming agents. Meads represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)s of the elf: the (cid:862)i & me(cid:863) I: unique, impulsive, spontaneous, uninhibited individual: me: internalized norms and values, generalized other, objective self, socialized. Looking-glass self: the sense of ourselves that we develop based on our perceptions of how others view us, we imagine how we appear to others, we incorporate those perceived judgements into our own self-concept.