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1. Industrialism
2. Capitalism
3. Institutions of surveillance
4. Dynamism
INDUSTRIALISM
Social relations implied in the extensive use of material
power and machinery in all processes of production
CAPITALISM
Production system involving both competitive product
markets and commodification (putting a price tag) of
labor power.
INSTITUTIONS OF SURVEILLANCE
Massive increase of power and reach by
institutions, especially in the government.
DYNAMISM
Characterized by having vigorous activity and
progress.
Everything is subject to change
SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL
NETWORK
According to sociologist George Simmel people create
social networks by joining social groups.
SOCIAL GROUP- two or more people interacting
together, sharing similar characteristics and whose
members identify themselves as part of the group.
SOCIAL NETWORK- ties or connections that link you to
your social group.
SOCIAL GROUPS can be classified into two:
1.ORGANIC GROUP
- naturally-occurring and highly influenced by your family.
-you join the group since your family is also a part of the
group….ORGANIC MOTIVATION
-Develops rootedness
-Promotes less freedom and greater social conformity.
2. RATIONAL GROUPS
-Occur in modern societies.
-Formed as a matter of shared interests
-Join out of one’s free will…RATIONAL MOTIVATION
-Greater freedom
-Relationship in rational groups are tenuous and people feel no
meaningful connection with others.
MEAD AND THE SOCIAL SELF
-Known for his “theory of social self”
-Self is a product of social interactions and
internalizing the external (i.e. other people’s) views
along with one’s personal view of oneself.
-“SELF” is not present at birth rather it develop over
time through social experiences and activities.
DEVELOPING THE SELF
STAGES OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT:
Language
Play and
game.
STAGES OF DEVELOPING SELF: LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
-Through shared understanding of symbols, gestures and
sound language gives the individual the capacity to
express himself or herself while at the same time
comprehending what the other people are conveying.
STAGES OF DEVELOPING SELF: PLAY
PLAY
-Individuals role-play or assume the perspective of others.
-Role-playing enables the person to internalize some other people’s
perspectives
-Helps in developing an understanding of how people feel about
themselves (and about others) in a variety of situations.
STAGES OF DEVELOPING SELF: GAME
GAME
Level where the individual not only internalizes other
people’s perspectives, he/she is also able to take into
account societal rules and adheres to it.
Self is developed by understanding the rule.
TWO SIDES OF THE SELF: I AND ME
“ME”
-Product of what the person has learned while interacting
with others and the environment.
-Learned behaviors, attitudes and expectations
-Exercises social control over the self
TWO SIDES OF THE SELF: I AND ME
“I”
-Unsocialized and spontaneous
-Individual’s response to the community’s attitude towards the
person
-Impulses and drives
-Helps in expressing individualism and creativity.
-Does not blindly follow rules
-Constructs a response based on what has been learned by “me”
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF
ANTHROPOLOGY
Study of people, past and present
Understanding the human condition on its cultural aspect
Concerned with understanding how humans evolved and how
they differ from one another.
WHAT IS CULTURE?
According to Edward B. Tylor…complex whole
which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals law,
custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired
as member of society.
COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
1.Language
2.Symbols
3.Norms
4.Values
5.Beliefs
6.Cognitive Elements
LANGUAGE
Language is a set of socially sound pattern, words, and
sentences having specific meaning and terminology common to
the same culture
Language is a source of communication and to transmit message
from one person to another. It is the method to mold the behavior
and experience of a person. Language differs from culture to
culture and is transmitted from one generation to another.
SYMBOLS
SYMBOLS
Symbols are anything used to represent express and stand
for an event situation. Symbols direct to guide our
behavior. It is used to show an event of past, present or
future
NORMS
- Norms as elements of culture are the rules and the
guidelines which specify the behavior of an individual.
Norms keep a person within the boundary of society and
its culture. It gives us restriction about something which to
do and which not to do
Actual self
It is how you behave right at the moment of
situation.
How you think, feel, act at present.
Aspects of one’s being and one’s experiences
that are perceived in awareness by the
individual.
ALIGNMENT OF REAL SELF AND IDEAL
SELF
REAL SELF = IDEAL SELF…CONGRUENCE
- Greater sense of self-worth
REAL SELF ≠ IDEAL SELF…INCONGRUENCE
-Maladjustment – inability to react successfully and
satisfactorily to the demands of one’s environment
D.W. WINNICOTT’S FALSE AND TRUE SELF
Personal Disposition
-Like a trait a general determining characteristic,
but it is unique to the individual who has it.
-Describes an individual’s uniqueness
1. Cardinal Disposition
2. Central Disposition
3. Secondary Disposition
ALLPORT’S PERSONALITY THEORY