SOCIOL 2D06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Impression Management
25 Nov 2013
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Mind and self arise through social interactions (manis and meltzer: 1978) Learn pre-existing social roles through socialization (mead, 1934) Generalized other = internalize this and make it apart of our everyday system (opinions and beliefs of others) Play stage: no centralized standpoint from which to view oneself (mead, 1934: do not yet have the capacity to be self-reflective. Game stage: centralized standpoint, can take the role of all others and be self-reflexive (manis and meltzer, 1978; mead, 1934: centralization is more heightened and individuals take on that idea of reflexivity. Si: george herbert mead: the i & me: The i , according to mead (1962: 176), is our impulsive side (manis and meltzer, 1994: The me is the more organized side: represents the internalization of the organized set of attitudes and definitions prevailing within the group (manis and meltzer, 1994: 43-44; mead, 1962:176) George herbert mead: stages in developing a self-reflexive self:
