George Mead's Theory Of Social Self

George Mead was a sociologist of the mid nineteen centuries, who developed on the theory of social self. He believed the self and society were inevitable and inseparable; as a result, he shared, “there can be no self apart from society;” the fact is, ‘the self’ is richly engrossed in societal proceedings or interactions and that the society cannot be functional without the attributing -factors that imbues meaning into it, which I share here as ‘the self’. The self permits the ongoing process of communicative social actions between persons or other individuals who are mutually oriented toward each other. Thus, it permit us to firmly say that society lays it basis on the interaction of personalities which allows it processes to flow efficiently …show more content…
Unlike other earlier proponents of the subjects, Mead thought the self did not emerge only from a biological basis but is developed over time from social experiences and social activities. Mead also proposed three factorial activities that contributed to self; they are regarded as language, play, and games. He came up with the idea that language develops self by allowing individuals to respond to each other through symbols, gestures, words, and sounds. It is through language he argues that individuals transmit and share each other attitude towards a subject or the person available for interaction at the time. Additionally, he stated that sentiments such as anger, happiness, and confusion are conveyed through language. Play on the other hand, develops self by allowing persons to take on varying roles, pretends and expresses expectation of others. Plays are most likely to be occurred in children and it is a frequent ongoing practice in children. For Mead, play develops one’s self-consciousness through role-play. Mead postulated that during role-play, individuals are able to internalize the perspectives of others and develop an understanding of how others might feel about themselves and others in a variety of social situations. Games develop self by …show more content…
In the preparatory stage occurs most with children in which they imitate people around them or who they see and have interest on such as nurses, doctors, policemen, and teachers. It is also a period of time understanding is gain by children in using symbols. The play stage is where children becomes practical and playfully adopt skills of careers they have interest for. It is a time where children develop skills in communicating through symbols and role taking. At the play stage, role-taking is mostly eminent in children. Role taking in this regard is the process of mentally assuming to be something that they are not at the present but perform and act in that way as if you are that assumption. Children often play games in role playing; children perform as actors in theirs process. Finally, the game stage as we mention