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    Sociology provides a perspective for understanding the development of self. George Herbert Mead's theory proposed that self emerges through social interaction, with children first imitating others, then role playing, and eventually considering multiple relationships. Charles Cooley described the "looking glass self" where one's self-image comes from imagining how we appear to others and their judgments of us. Anthropology also informs our understanding of self through the lens of culture. Culture is learned and shared within societies, influencing how people think and behave, and self develops through the process of enculturation within a cultural system. Different cultures and subcultures shape varying notions of self.

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    Sociology provides a perspective for understanding the development of self. George Herbert Mead's theory proposed that self emerges through social interaction, with children first imitating others, then role playing, and eventually considering multiple relationships. Charles Cooley described the "looking glass self" where one's self-image comes from imagining how we appear to others and their judgments of us. Anthropology also informs our understanding of self through the lens of culture. Culture is learned and shared within societies, influencing how people think and behave, and self develops through the process of enculturation within a cultural system. Different cultures and subcultures shape varying notions of self.

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    Sociology provides a perspective for understanding the development of self. George Herbert Mead's theory proposed that self emerges through social interaction, with children first imitating others, then role playing, and eventually considering multiple relationships. Charles Cooley described the "looking glass self" where one's self-image comes from imagining how we appear to others and their judgments of us. Anthropology also informs our understanding of self through the lens of culture. Culture is learned and shared within societies, influencing how people think and behave, and self develops through the process of enculturation within a cultural system. Different cultures and subcultures shape varying notions of self.

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    SELF FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVE

    THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

    SOCIOLOGY
    -Latin word SOCIOUS- association./companionship/fellowship

    Society- Large groups of people who are associated with each other

    SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVe
    -provides a different way of looking at familiar worlds that allows us to gain a new vision of social life
    -Human beings cant form a self/personal identity without intense social contact w/ others

    SOCIOLOGISTS
    ● GEORGE HERBERT MEAD (theory of social self)
    - Self is a social emergent
    - Accd to him. Sense of self is not initially there at birth but arises in the process of social
    experience and activity.
    Stages of developing self-identity:
    1. PREPARATION STAGE- children imitate ppl around them, especially those they interact often
    2. PLAY STAGE- pretend ro be other ppl; role playing stage
    3. GAME STAGE- consider several tasks and relationships

    TWO SIDES OF SELF


    1. I- present and future self; persons individuality
    2. ME- Past self; socialized aspect of an individual

    ● CHARLES HORTON COOLEY (looking glass self)


    -view of ourselves comes from direct contemplation of our personal qualities and impressions of how
    others perceive us

    3 STEPS OF LOOKING GLASS SELF


    1. U imagine how u appear to the other person
    2. U imagine the jusgement of the other person
    3. Development of some sort of feeling abt ourselves result of these impressions

    ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

    KEY TO HUMAN DIVERSITY


    ● CULTURE- shared values and beliefs of ppl which affects the way they think,feel and behave
    - Ppl in certain locality have distinct pratice system and set of behaviours that is different from
    other localities
    - Not all society are the same bc diff societies have diff culture which means that there are
    different degree and complexities of the development of their social self
    1. Culture is LEARNED
    - children go thru process of enculturation
    - children learn by observing the behaviors of ppl including recognition of symbols specific to that
    culture.
    2. Culture is SYMBOLIC
    - Symbols can be verbal(LINGUISTIC), nonverbal(OBJECT,WRITTEN SYMBOL)
    3. Culture is SHARED
    - Transmitted by society
    - Enculturation unified ppl by prividng w/ common experiences

    4. Culture is ALL ENCOMPASSING AND INTEGRATED


    - It envelopes all of us and touches every aspect of our lives
    - Systematic and integrated and not a random phenomenon

    5. Culture is DYNAMIC
    - Humans are creative animals and dont strictly follow the dictates of their culture
    - -individual interpretation of each aspect of culture that is in part due to family and personal
    history
    Culture can be both:
    ● Adaptive
    ● Maladaptive
    Levels of Culture:
    1. SUBCULTURE- regional based; diff traditions practiced by group set w/in larger culture
    2. NATIONAL- learned behavioral patterns, beliefs,values and institutions shared by citizens of nation
    3. INTERNATIONAL - traditions that expand beyond cultural boundaries

    TYPES OF CULTURE:
    ● HIGH CULTURE
    - cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s ELITE

    ● POPULAR CULTURe-
    cultural patterns that are widespread among society population

    ● SUBCULTURE-
    cultural patterns that distinguish segment of a society population, involves difference and hierarchy.

    ● COUNTERCULTURE
    cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted w/iin a society, it rejects many of the
    standards of a dominant culture.

    ETHNOCENTRISM
    - is the belief in the superiority of one's own culture, ethnicity, or nationality over others.
    Contributes ro social solidarity, sense of value and community, but it fuels conflict

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