SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Long Term Ecological Research Network
9 Sep 2016
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Socialization and the self: socialization - the process of becoming a legitimate social actor with some kind of social context. Has its own norms and rules in which to behave: charles cooley - sociologist who came up with the looking glass self or mirror self. People"s selves are always evolving and changes through a social context. To be a legitimate actor, you must understand the role of the generalized other: said that kids develop this through role-playing, could be like a generic person in your society. The social life self has two components: the i. Impulsive/ instinct : creative ideas, not biological, the me. Tuesday, february 23, 2016: basically has a lter. Social interaction and route: erving goffman - main topic that he thought of is social interaction. Dramaturgy - in social interactions, people play roles as if they are on stage: front stage vs. back stage - social environments with different rules in each place.
