SOC317H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10-11: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Erving Goffman
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The social self: key thinkers and concepts: major sociological thinkers who developed the idea of a social sense of self are cooley, mead and. Cartesian ego : according to this perspective, the self emerged from within; the isolated, introspective individual could come to full self-understanding on one"s own. He referred to this as the dialogue between the i , the impulsive self and the me , the socialized self: according to mead, young children are driven solely by the i but gradually develop a sense of the. Me through socialization. the dialogue between the i and the me shapes how we act in various social situations. Initially, the me develops in relation to significant others -people who are important to use and whose approval we desire such as parents. When you have a stigmatized attribute, you must manage your identity or discredited social status.
