PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Tabula Rasa, List Of Prison Break Characters
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External self-presentation, self-monitoring, group member, partner, social roles, reputation. Blank slate etched by social influence and experience. Tabula rasa (cid:392)as far as consciousness can extend backwards in time to any past action or thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. (cid:393) Key people in our life inform us of who we are by how they behave towards us. Learn about self through reactions and feedback from others. Your internalized self was put there by society to do what(cid:389)s best for society. Refer to the parts of self-knowledge that are derived from social relationships. our sense of who we are is forged in large part by our interactions with others. Mothers who experience a lot of stress (financial hardship, domestic violence, natural disasters) secrete. The slate was never blank more cortisol which predisposes her developing baby for anxiety and/or neurotic temperament. Impacts initial development in life through the womb. We(cid:389)re not born with a firm sense of self.
