Lesson in Understanding the Self

1. Prepared by:
Orlando A. Pistan, MAEd
Psychology Instructor

2.  An American philosopher,
sociologist and psychologist,
primarily affiliated with the
University of Chicago, where
he was one of several
distinguished pragmatists.
 Born: 27 February
1863, South Hadley,
Massachusetts, United States
 Died: 26 April 1931, Chicago,
Illinois, United States

3. His theory of the social self is based on the
perspective that the self emerges from social
interactions, such as:
1. Observing others;
2. Responding to other’s opinions about one self,
and;
3. Internalizing external opinions;
4. Internal feelings about one self.

4. Mead disagreed on the view of other
sociologists and psychologist that the self was
based on biological factors and inherited
traits.
According to Mead, the self is not there from
birth, but it is developed over time from social
experiences and activities.

5. Language
Play
Games

6. Language develops self by allowing
individuals to respond to each other
through symbols, gestures, words, and
sounds.

8. Play develops self by allowing individuals
to take on different roles, pretend, and
express expectation of others.

9. Student
Son /
Daughter
BF / GF Friend

10. Games develops self by allowing
individuals to understand and adhere to
the rules of the activity. Rules must be
abide in order to win, or be successful in
an activity.

11. Social
Standards

13. “Me”
The set of personality
characteristics from
other individuals.
The “known”.
“I”
The set of personality
characteristics from you,
yourself.
The “knower”.

14.  Human beings learn the expectations of society
through socialization.
 Socialization is different based on race, gender and
class.
 Socialization serves as “social control”, through
institutions and coercion.

15. Social control refers to the many ways in which our
behavior, thoughts, and appearance are regulated by the
norms, rules, laws, and social structures of
society. Social control is a necessary component
of social order, for society could not exist without it.
Coercion- the practice of persuading someone to do
something by using force or threats.
 Punishment
 Imprisonment
 Isolation

16. Family
Media
Peers
Religion
Schools

17.  The basic unit of the
society.
 Primarily introduce
children to the
expectations of the
society.

18.  The main means of mass
communication.
 The average youngsters (age
8-19) spends 6 ¾ hrs./ day in
media, of various forms,
simultaneously.
 Television is the dominant
medium, although half of the
youth use internet daily.

19.  Print media
 Books
 Magazines
 Newspaper
 Poster
 Slogan
 Flyers
 Electronic media
 TV
 Radio
 Internet
 Advertisements
 Videos

20.  Societal groups based
on age, and status.
 Important source of
identity.
 Source of social skills,
values and attitudes.

21.  A system of faith and
worship to a superpower .
 The young will adapt the
beliefs of the elders.
 Very often, those who
disavow religion return to
their original faith at
some point in their life.

22.  An institution for formal
education.
 Teachers and others students
are the source of expectations
that encourage students to
think and behave in particular
ways.
 Researches finds that teachers
respond differently to sexes;
boys receives more attention.

23. Thank you for
paying attention.