7.3 -
What Made "Me"?
George Herbert Mead's Stages of Self to help us understand us.
Learning Journey "Stop-See-Learn" Spot #4 of 6
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The School of Health Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
The School of Health Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
Part 1
Part 1
The "Me" and the "I" - How Society Made Me.
The "Me" and the "I" - How Society Made Me.
George Herbert Mead was regarded as one of the founding father of the sub-discipline Social Psychology that looks very closely at the intersection between Psychology and Sociology. One of his key contribution is his work on how our sense of self was created. His theory posits that what we think is uniquely us is in fact created through our interactions with our social world (1913). Here is a simple video presentation of George Herbert Mead's Theory of Self done by Angelica Guevarra (2016) in Youtube.
7.3 GEORGE MEAD_S THEORY.mp4This cartoon by Angelica Guevarra can be found in its original site in Youtube via this link: https://youtu.be/fPRk-VKdjsg
Part 2
Part 2
Stages of Self
Stages of Self
7.3 Mead Stages of the Self =).mp4This cartoon by Nurhanis Isa can be found in its original site in Youtube via this link: https://youtu.be/DIrrvYCjiSs
Recommended Further Reading: A simple site that introduce you to Mead's Stages of Self.
Part 3
Part 3
Why the concept of Sociological Self is Important
Why the concept of Sociological Self is Important
If we understand our Self (the sense of who we are or even our personality) can shift from social situation to situation, we can then understand why our patients or our friends act in a certain way to a certain topic or time frame. In other words, the answers we must look for is not the obvious but is "hiding" behind the social background of the people we are trying to understand or help.
What the behavioural science is trying to get us to do through Psychology and Sociology is to analyse human behaviours through the eyes of science. Instead of a "common sense" answer which will most likely yield a wrong answer, we are challenged to ask Why and to find out How to change the patients behaviour through solution that are custom-made for them. Understanding their "sense of self" is part of the key of understand the prigins of their behaviour
Glossary and Explanation of Key Terms of the Stages of Self theory
Glossary and Explanation of Key Terms of the Stages of Self theory
Click to reveal the definition of the key terms as defined by Allen Ulrich of Penn State University (Ulrich, n.d.) Allen Urich's materials can be found in this link which he has kindly made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . The full URL can be found in the Reference section at the bottom of the page.
stages of child socialisation
stages of child socialisation
(Vyain, et al., 2014)
the four stages of child development (preparatory, play, game, and generalized other) in which the child develops the capacity to assume social roles
preparatory stage
preparatory stage
(Vyain, et al., 2014)
a time when children are only capable of imitation and have no ability to imagine how others see things
play stage
play stage
(Vyain, et al., 2014)
a time when children begin to imitate and take on roles that another person might have
game stage
game stage
(Vyain, et al., 2014)
the stage in child development in which children begin to recognize and interact on the basis of fixed norms and roles
generalized other
generalized other
(Vyain, et al., 2014)
the common behavioural expectations of general society
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We will move on to explore the main theory that we will be using throughout Term 2 when we look at how different social factors create pressure on individuals behaviour. This key theory is the Trans-Theoretical Theory of Behaviour Change.
We will move on to explore the main theory that we will be using throughout Term 2 when we look at how different social factors create pressure on individuals behaviour. This key theory is the Trans-Theoretical Theory of Behaviour Change.
References
References
California Alabama 2017. (2017, March 13). Mead: Stages of the Self =). Retrieved February 23, 2020, from https://youtu.be/DIrrvYCjiSs
Cole, M. (2020). Mead’s Stages of Self and Development. Retrieved February 09, 2020, from https://infobymattcole.com/index.php/2020/02/27/meads-stages-of-self-and-development/
Guevarra, A. (2016, September 30). George Mead's Theory {of Self}. Retrieved February 24, 2020, from https://youtu.be/fPRk-VKdjsg
Vyain, S., Scaramuzzo, G., Cody-Rydzewski, S., Griffiths, H., Strayer, E., Keirns, N., … Little, W. (2014, November 6). Chapter 5. Socialization. Retrieved February 24, 2020, from https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter5-socialization/
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