SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Erving Goffman, Role Theory
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Egocentric stage: inability to take the role of others. Preparatory stage: imitation of others (under the age of 3) Play stage: ability to imaginatively take the roles of several others (age 3-5) Game stage: take on multiple roles, understand the game, understand the social position of others (age 7 to puberty) - These interact to form the self lomoar cpsd| 5490467. I want to eat the entire box of chocolates. But that will make people think of me as a selfish pig. Okay, i will have one chocolate now and then, when no one is looking, i will eat the rest of the box. Good, then people will think i only ate one. I is impulsive but, generally the i listens to the me . I and me = ongoing conversation = self. Life as a stage production with frontstage and backstage. Front stage: behavior when they know that others are watching.
