SOC-1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Erving Goffman, Impression Management, George Herbert Mead
23 Apr 2016
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Micro-macro continuum: the range of social entities from the individual to the interaction among individuals, the groups often formed by interaction, formally structured organizations, societies, and increasingly the global domain. Difference between humans and animals: distinctive interaction humans have with other humans. Nature vs. nurture: how we are born vs. how we are raised. Feral children are generally unable to talk or show much in the way of human emotion. Charles horton cooley looking-glass self: the self-image that reflects how others respond to a person, particularly as a child. **george herbert mead: major thinker of symbolic interactionism. Humans and nonhumans: gestures: a movement of one animal or human that elicits a mindless, automatic, and appropriate response from another animal or human a. i. Both humans and animals are capable of conversations of gestures a. ii. Humans have a greater control and understanding of their vocal gestures.
