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| Kind of theorist George Herbert Meade is |
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ex-reporter, student of simmel, urban ecology
studied physical structure of communities, aware of the layout of cities and became fascinated with layout of Chicago and how subcultures interacted/shared, one of the first emereging porhopologists- had the idea that the city of chicago wa the perfect place to study |
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| W.I. Thomas (what is main concept was) |
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| Definition of the situation- if men define the situation is real it is real in its consequences; there is no definite truth, we make it was we go. |
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| Charles Horton Cooley (main concept and steps) |
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| concept of self formation-how we think we look in the eyes of a person, what we think that person thinks of us; and our emotional response to that evaluation-either pride or shame. The self is socially constructed, not individually. |
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| day to day moment to moment construction of being |
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| Truth/Reality found in the practical actions of People- “What Works” is the only truth that endures.- there is no intrinsic truth; what is correct is what works; if it works it must be right. And different people determine what works throughout the ages. What is truthful to one group may be different to another group |
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| The Separation between acting + Watching our actions- accomplished via symbolic language and role taking- we have this unique human capacity to be both subject actor and object watch our acting and interpret how others are viewing our acting; symbolic language-manipulation of symbols, role-take: take roles of other individuals |
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| The three stages of the social self |
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preparatory stage he means the young years of imitation and mimicking
play stage somewhere around 2,3, or 4 kids can play the role of what they have seen like a girl playing mommy to her dolls, pretend to be someone else other than that immediate role of child- key: one role at a time during play stage, very simply experimenting with roles.
Game stage- when children can see multiple roles and know what they mean simultaneously; the self emerges, the self is learned and practiced |
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| the “I” is the spontaneous part of self, heat of the moment unexpected part of the self, ex. Go to the bar and someone looks at you the wrong way and you punch that guy in the face. The “me” is the one that thinks of the consequences, the norm rationalized part of self. Ongoing discussion between two parts |
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| The fragility of the (negotiated) social order |
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| society as negotiated meanings, society is produced through generalized sets of attitudes.- |
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| The 4 steps of the social act and example with each |
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1. Impulse- I’m hungry
2. Perception- what are my options to address this hunger
3. Manipulation- key step, all important pause, its this step that is unique to human beings and no other species, what are the costs and benefits/the pros and cons to these options; the pause/calculation of our options before making our choice
4.Consumation- consume, act on our manipulation |
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| Significance of mind, self and society |
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| there is no psychological world apart from the social world |
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| society is a process, not a thing, its an ongoing accomplishment, not a social fact; society is very fluid and fragile, following some unknown track into the future |
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| What mead believes about society/world |
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| believes society could improve itself as time goes on as we come to share more and more meanings and agree upon more interpretations and as these broad meanings were shared we would become less conflictual. |
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| Macro: Objective world, definitive concepts: Spencer, Durkheim, and Compe at bottom of triange influencing T. Parsons and R Barton at next level and then creating structural interactionism at the top box→ the Macro, objective world, definitive concepts |
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| Micro: Mead, Cooley, Park, Thomas at bottom boxes influencing concepts of goffman dramaturgy, etc. (look at notebook, drew the graph)→ Micro, subj/obj world, sensitizing concepts |
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| to think like mead is to pay attention to the ever changing landscape of human meaning. Interaction is the only acting unit |
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| Definition of social self |
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| where society and in the individual collide; as individuals we shape society and the society shapes the individual-meeting point of conjoinment |
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| Definition of generalized other |
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| not targeting an individual, but rather an entire group. Helps us know what other peoples responses are going to be. |
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| How the self is developed |
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| the self is not something you own or posses, not intimate to you; it is result of interaction; our sense of self-esteem, self-value and worth-these are interactive accomplishments, others do, and primary others have a greater stake than secondary others. |
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