JIMENEZ, KATHLEEN GRACE P.

GRACE MISSION COLLGE

MODULE 4

ACTIVITY #1
Directions: Answer the following questions:

1. In everyday life, ‘a complete fusion on the “I” and the “me” of Mead may not be a good thing. Do
you agree? Why? Why not? Explain your answer.
- In a situation where persons are all trying to save someone from drowning, there is a sense of common
effort in which one is stimulated by the others to do the same thing they are doing. In those situations
one has a sense of being identified with all because the reaction is essentially an identical reaction.

2. We are not influenced by other people’s opinions per se. We are influenced by our own
imaginations or perceptions or opinions on how other see us. This means that we are actively engaged
in defining our self-image or self-concept using our past experiences to aid us in interpreting others
responses. How can you help others develop positive self-image or positive self-concept? Cite a
situation or an example.
- Socializing forces like family, culture, and media affect our self-perception because they give us
feedback on who we are. This feedback can be evaluated positively or negatively and can lead to
positive or negative patterns that influence our self-perception and then our communication.

3. Based on Cooley’s looking-glass self theory, it is not other per se that determine our self-concept
but it is how we perceive others see us that influence that our self-concept. What should be done to
ensure that yourself perception is really how other perceive you? Will communication more with
other help?
- When it comes to understanding ourselves, social interaction plays a more important role than many
of us realize. According to sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, individuals develop their concept of self by
observing how they are perceived by others, a concept Cooley coined as the “looking-glass self.” This
process, particularly when applied to the digital age, raises questions about the nature of identity,
socialization, and the changing landscape of self.

4. A child is poorly performing in school. His teachers have simply accepted him to be such and so
simply understands if the child fails. The parents have also accepted in to be such and cannot help but
compare him to the child’s older siblings who are highly performing in school. Most likely, what self-
concept will the child develop? Elaborate your answer.
- the child will loose his confidence in school and maybe he will suffer from the harsh comments of the
teacher/s and his parents from that there is a possibility that he will break down from his self
5. Cite some implications of the concepts learned about the sociological self to personal development.
- Sociologist George Herbert Mead believed that people develop self-images through interactions with
other people. He argued that the self, which is the part of a person's personality consisting of self-
awareness and self-image, is a product of social experience.