COMM 175 Chapter 4: Chapter 4- Mind, Self, Society
13 Sep 2016
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Mind: the ability to use symbols with common social meanings. Must develop minds through interactions with others language: a shared system of verbal and nonverbal symbols significant symbols: symbols whose meaning is generally agreed upon many people. By using language and interaction, we develop our minds which helps us create an interior setting for the society we see around us. Mind reflects and creates the social world thought: an inner conversation. Without social stimulation, inner conversation or sustaining though would not be possible role-taking: the ability to put oneself in another"s place. Symbolic act that can clarify our own sense of self, and allows us to develop empathy. Self: imagining how we look to another person (charles cooley 1972) looking-glass self: our ability to see ourselves as another see"s us. 1 we imagine how we appear to others. 3 we feel hurt or pride based on these self-feelings. *looking-glass self implies the power that labels have on self-concept and behavior.
