SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - George Herbert Mead, Acne Vulgaris, Symbolic Interactionism
8 Mar 2014
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Delays in marriage, fertility; high rates of youth unemployment; took longer for young adults to become financially independent; discontinuous life path now; continuous life course: traditional life of school, job, marriage, family. Women are most likely to have a discontinuous life because of fertility; Anticipatory socialization involves taking on the behaviours of social roles you have not yet accomplished. Our self-concept is tied to how we think other people look at us/view us; looking at. Sense of self concept yourself in the mirror; the reaction of other people helps us understand who we are; more importantly, our interpretation of how others will react to us/view us. A: we might apply this concept to being overweight or having acne by worrying about how others will judge their acne as being unattractive as would for being overweight. You would be very self-conscious of others judging you and putting you down.
