SOCPSY 2M03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 2M03
• Professor: Glen Steeves

Document Summary

Table is posted on avenue, first sat at table 4. Prof information: steeveka@mcmaster. ca, kth 211, office hours: tuesdays 9:15 - 10:15 am. George herbert mead: father of si, pragmatism, key contributions to si. Influenced by dewey: language, makes humans different from animals, use it to think, to reason and coordinate with each other, significant symbol, something that brings for the same meaning/understand to the reciprocant and the person saying it, e. g. Dog : the mind, our brains are sociological and psychological shaped, and allow us to communicate with each other because of this predisposition for language, agency, anti-behaviourist, we can shape and change our environments. They are all people who engage in similar processes. Achieving identity : encountering definitions of self from others; attributing qualities to self; presenting specific definitions to others. Being involved : being recruited by others; accomplishing activities; making commitments; developing relationships. Doing activities : making plans; getting prepared; managing stage fright; coordinating events with others.