Self And Identity

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self

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the self is the object of the actors actions , it is the internal environment toward which we act
it arises out of social interaction

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stages in the development of self

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1) prepatory - child imitates parents/others - this has no symbolic understanding or meaning - social objects not yet defined or understood with words that have meaning
2) play: the child takes on roles - label and define objects with words that have shared meaning, you take the persepctive of signifcant others (only one perspective at a time)
3) game- take on the multiple perpsectives/roles of society also known as generalized others , use example of basketball to explain
4) reference group : interacting with multiple groups of individuals where context of self is more important in some than others

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Self perception

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1) assessment of own action - self is basis of whcih we make our judgments towards objects in situations
2) self concept- stable picture we have of ourselves, influces what we do in situations
3) self judgement - results from social interaction, perception of others judgement important
4) identity: the name we call ourselves, the social location, labels used by reference groups and signficant others

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self control

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individuality conformity , and cooperation depend on ability to exercise control - social rules become standard by which one controls actions

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james

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father of modern psych
thought the personality comprised of 2 elements: i self , the self as a knower, recognized as continuing in time , identity
the me self is the social self the self as known

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cooley

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the self to cooley is not first individual then social , it arises dialectically through communication - ones consciousness of self is a reflection of the ideas about himself that he attributes to other minds ; thus there can be no isolated selves

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looking glass self

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3 principal elements: 1) the imagination of our appearance to other person 2) the imagination of his judgement of that appearance 3) self feeling

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self consciousness

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Self-consciousness is the result of a process in which the individual takes the attitudes of others toward herself, in which she attempts to view herself from the standpoint of others.