SOC 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Verstehen
16 Oct 2011
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People act toward things based on the meaning those things have for them; and these meanings are derived form social interaction and modified through interpretation (blumer) People make their own society as a group. Highlight the ways in which meanings are created, constructed, mediated and changed by members of a group or society. Verstehen: a deep understanding and interpretation of subjective social meanings. The social organism is not an organic individual but a social group of individual organisms. Human mind results from the individual"s ability to respond and engage with the environment. I, the element of the self that is spontaneous creative, impulsive and at times unpredictable. Me, helps to control the i, the self-reflective part of the consciousness that thinks about how to behave. Significant others, those around us whom we want approval from (parents, peers, ect. ) Sympathetic introspection: putting yourself into someone else"s shoes. Looking-glass self: we develop our self image through the cues we receive from others.
