SOCI 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Freezing Rain, Determinism

• School: Towson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 313
• Professor: Paul T.Munroe

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Interpretation: day to day reality is filtered through language. Three components of the self : the self is inherently sociable, the (cid:862)i(cid:863, active, agentic, perceiving element. I can see that it is freezing rain outside, so i will wear my jacket: the (cid:862)me(cid:863, reflected self, self as object, develops over time, not immediate. It is inherently social: you get the message of you who you are. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s hair is ge(cid:374)erally lo(cid:374)g (cid:449)hile (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s hair is ge(cid:374)erally short: u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of the (cid:374)or(cid:373)ati(cid:448)e (cid:449)ay of acti(cid:374)g, (cid:449)hat people (cid:862)should(cid:863) do, (cid:449)a(cid:374)t, value, etc. Contrasts between mead and freud: the way we think about people for the most part, you are a person inside and then you interact with the outside world, freud is biological (drives) determinism. Id desires 2 things: sex, aggression kill and copulate, mead is socialized preferences, we know more of what we want (aware of this for the most part, this is very cultural.