sociological-psychological-perspective-of-self

• Socialization – lifetime process by which people learn the values, attitudes
and behaviors that are appropriate and expected by their culture and
community
• It is a process of internalizing the norm of society which influence one’s
beliefs, actions and behavior.
• The process of socialization helps a person’s image.

,George Herbert Mead

,George Herbert Mead and the Social Self
• He is an American philosopher, sociologist and psychologist
• One of the founders of social psychology
• He pioneered the development of symbolic interaction perspective

• Theory of the Social Self- the self is a social emergent. The argument is that our
social Self emerged from social interactions and not biological preconditions (genetics
of that interaction.
• Our Self is not initially there at birth but, arises through the social experience and
activity.

, The concept of “I” and “me”. According to Mead, the self has
two sides:
o The “me” represents the expectations and attitudes of others
(the generalized other). It is the set of attitudes of others that the
individual assumes.
o The “I” is the response to the “me” or the person’s
individuality