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    The document discusses sociological perspectives on the development of the self. It describes theories by Cooley, Mead, Lanuza, and Baudrillard. Cooley's looking glass self explains how individuals see themselves through imagining others' perceptions. Mead viewed the self as developing through social roles and interactions. Lanuza sees the modern self as freely chosen compared to the postmodern self which constantly changes due to social demands. Baudrillard argued the self results from prestige and status symbols.

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    The document discusses sociological perspectives on the development of the self. It describes theories by Cooley, Mead, Lanuza, and Baudrillard. Cooley's looking glass self explains how individuals see themselves through imagining others' perceptions. Mead viewed the self as developing through social roles and interactions. Lanuza sees the modern self as freely chosen compared to the postmodern self which constantly changes due to social demands. Baudrillard argued the self results from prestige and status symbols.

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    The key takeaways are that sociologists view the self as developed through social interaction and influenced by various social agents. Several theorists contributed perspectives on how the self forms including looking glass self, social self, and views of self in modern vs postmodern society.

    Charles Cooley describes the development of self through the looking glass self - how we see ourselves based on how we think others see us and judge us.

    According to George Herbert Mead there are three stages of self - the preparatory stage where children imitate others, the play stage where they take on roles, and the game stage where they understand rules and relationships.

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    SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE:
    THE SELF AS A PRODUCT OF SOCIETY
    CHAPTER 2
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    Activity

    ◼ Who is that significant person in your life


    whom you think has a significant impact
    (influence) of who you are today? What was
    his/her significant influence to you?
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    Sociology

    ◼Study of social life, social change, and


    the social causes and consequences
    of human behavior.
    ◼ Being in a group changes “the self”
    ◼ Offers theories to explain how “the
    self” emerges as a product of social
    experience
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    Sociology

    ◼ Unlike Philosophy which explains


    “what is the self?”, sociology answers
    the question “How does the self
    develop?”
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    Agents of socialization: Factors
    affecting the self
    Media

    Technology Peers

    Self

    School Religion

    Sports
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    Sociology and the Self
    ◼The self is not a product of biology,
    but of social interaction.
    ◼ Charles Horton Cooley – looking
    glass self
    ◼ George Herbert Mead – social self
    ◼ Gerry Lanuza – modern vs.
    postmodern society
    ◼Jean Baudrillard - negative Effects of
    Postmodernity
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    Charles Cooley’s the looking
    glass self
    ◼The self is built not in solitude, but
    rather within social settings.
    ◼Individuals base their sense of self
    on how they believe others view
    them.
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    Cooley’s the looking glass self

    1. We imagine how we look


    to the other person. (How
    do other people see
    me?)

    2. We imagine other
    person’s reaction to our
    appearance. (How do
    other people judge me?)

    3. We respond with some


    feeling (eg. pride or
    shame) (What is my
    sense of self according to
    these perceptions?)
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    George Herbert Mead’s theory of
    self
    ◼The self is social, it develops through
    social experience.
    ◼It is not there from birth, but it is
    developed over time from social
    experiences and activities.
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    George Herbert Mead’s theory of
    self
    ◼Stages of self:
    ◼ 1st stage (0-3) – Preparatory stage – children
    imitate people around them
    ◼ No sense of self
    ◼ 2nd stage (3-5)– Play stage – role taking –
    mentally assuming the perspective of another
    ◼ The self is developing and emerges through pretend
    play.
    ◼ 3rd stage (5 – 8/9)– Game stage – can consider
    tasks and relationships simultaneously
    ◼ The self has emerged.
    + George Herbert Mead’s theory of
    self

    3 activities that develop the self

    • Responding to • Taking on • Understanding that


    others through different roles there are rules in
    symbols, (role-playing), which one must
    gestures, words, pretend & express abide by in order to
    expectation of win the game or be
    and sounds successful at an
    others
    activity.
    PREPARATORY
    Play Games
    (Language)
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    George Herbert Mead’s theory of
    self
    ◼2 sides of the self:
    ◼ “me” = the socialized aspect of the
    self
    ◼ learned behaviors, attitudes & expectations of others
    and of society = OBJECTIVE

    ◼ “I”= the present and future phase of


    the self
    ◼ the individual’s identity based on response to the “me”
    = SUBJECTIVE
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    George Herbert Mead’s theory of
    self

    If the I is synonymous to the me,


    then the full development of the
    self is attained.
    The self as a product of
    + modern and postmodern
    societies
    Lanuza
    Baudrillard
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    Gerry Lanuza’s (2004) the
    Constitution of the Self
    ◼Self-identity is freely chosen.
    ◼ No longer restricted by customs and
    traditions.
    ◼Modern vs postmodern society
    ◼ Modern = traditional values &
    communities no longer part of the self
    ◼ Postmodern = self-identity
    continuously changes due to demands
    of society (mid / late 20th century)
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    Jean Baudrillard & the Negative
    Effects of Postmodernity

    ◼The self is a
    consequence
    of prestige/
    status symbols
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    Conclusions

    1. The looking glass self (Cooley) describes


    the development of the self through
    interaction with others.
    2. The self has 2 divisions (Mead): “I”
    (subjective) and “me” (objective)
    3. Self-identity continuously changes due to
    demands of society (Lanuza)
    4. Self-identity is sometimes achieved
    through prestige symbols one consumes.
    (Baudrillard)

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