Lesson 2 Sociological Perspective of the Self

Is the study of how human society is established, its structure and how it works, the people’s interaction with each other and the effects they have to one another.

• Chemistry

• Philosophy

• Sociology

• Biology

In the Sociological perspectives _____ is the subject of one’s own experience of phenomena, perception, emotions, thoughts.

• Development

• Self

• Thinking

• Wisdom

______is a collection of beliefs about oneself. It answers the question “Who am I?”

• Self Concept

• Self Knowledge

• Self Esteem

• Self

______ is the knowledge of one’s mental states including one’s beliefs and desires. It answers the question “What am I like?”

• Self Knowledge

• Self Concept

• Self Identity

• Self Perspective

_____refers to having esteem in one’s self (having self-confidence and feeling good about yourself).

• Self esteem

• Self Concept

• Self Knowledge

• Self Perspective

____ can include gender, place of residence, age, or any other categorization that helps to characterize a person identity.

• Physical Self

• Social Self

• Material Self

• Spiritual Self

He asserted that individuals develop their concept of self by looking at how others perceive them, hence, coined his theory as “The Looking Glass Self”.

• Sigmund Freud

• Charles Cooley

• Jean Piaget

• Herbert Mead

Is an American sociologist, he is considered as the father of American Pragmatism. He is also one of the pioneers in the field of social psychology because of his contributions on the development of the person relating to various social factors.

• Gerry Lanuza

• George H. Mead

• Charles Cooley

• Jean Baudrillard

He rejected the idea of biological determination of the self, which proposes that an individual has already established one’s self from the moment he is born.

• Charles Cooley

• George H. Mead

• Gerry Lanuza

• Jean Baudrillard

George H. Mead proposes that there are two components of the self which the person have, these components of the self which the person have.

• Me and You

• I and Me

• You and I

• Social and Political