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CHAPTERI
:THESELFFROM VARI
OUSPERSPECTI
VE
B.SOCI
OLOGY
MODULEOVERVI
EW

I
ntheadventandgrowthofsocialsci
ences,newappr oachesinexamini
ngthenatur
eoft
hesel
f
becomespossibl
e.I
nthesociol
ogi
calviewsofunder standi
ngtheself
,social
sit
uat
ionsbecomeagr
eat
deali
ndefi
ningthei
ndivi
dual
’sself-conceptandsel f
-esteem aswell
.

MODULELEARNI
NGOBJECTI
VES

Att
heendoft
hemodul
e,youshoul
dbeabl
eto:

1. Compar eandcontr
astthedif
ferentviewsofthesel
f;
2. Examinethetwocomponent softhesel f
;
3. Descri
betheconceptofthelooking-glasssel
fandhowitaf
fectssel
f-concept
.
4. Expl
aintheconceptofsoci
alcompar isonandwhyitisi
mportantt
ohumanbehavior
.

LEARNI
NGCONTENTS

I
.TheSel
fasPr
oductofModer
nSoci
etyAmongOt
her
s

Wi t
hthemoder nsocietypeoplei sf
acingatpresent,li
febecomesur bani
zed.Andwi thsuch
sit
uation,peopletendt
obemor eimpersonalandleadst
odest r
uctionoft
hetradi
ti
onalwayofli
fe.From
thelimitat
ionsimposebyt hesoci et
ybef ore,peoplenowadaysar eal
readyfreetoseekt hei
rown
i
dent i
ty.Thus,theyget“delocali
ze”.Suchi nstancest
hatCli
ffordGeert
z( 1
973)beli
evest
hatstruggle
forindivi
duali
tycanalreadybepossi ble.Andhavi ngadelocali
zedself asapr oductposescer t
ain
problemssuchas:

a. Theauthenti
cit
yofselfisthr
eatenedasaresul
toft
henewf oundfr
eedom.
b. Accordi
ngt oMar x,humanbei ngsarebei
nghauntedandget sal
ienat
edt
othei
rownsel
fasan
eff
ecttotheimagest heycreat
ed.
c. Theobjecti
fi
cati
onoft hebodyremoveshumanqualit
iesi
nman.
d. Dehumanizati
onofsel f.

I
I.Mead’sTheor
yoft
heSel
f

GeorgeHerber tMeadisknownf orhi

stheoryofthesoci
alselfwhichst
andsont hepointt
hat
theselfi
snotini
ti
all
yt hereatbi
rt
h.Inst
ead,itari
sesoutofone’ssocialcommunicat
ion,act
ivi
ti
essuch
asobser vi
ngandi nteracti
ngwithothers,respondi
ngtoothers’ opi
nions,andint
ernal
izi
ngexternal
opini
onsandi nt
ernalfeeli
ngsaboutoneself.

Accordi
ngt oMead’st heory,thesel fhast wosi desofphases:t
he“I” and“me”.The“I ”
repr
esentst heselfassubject
,andt heindividual’si mpulse,whilethe“me” isconsider
edtobet he
soci
ali
zedcomponentoft heindividualthatrepr esentsthelear
nedbehavior
s,expect
ati
onsandatti
tude
ofothersorganizedintoasocialself
.Iti
sr eferredast he“gener ali
zedot
her” asoneactsaccor
dingto
thegener al
i
zedat ti
tudeofthesoci algroupt heper sonoccupi es.Whenoneisabletobeawar east o
how otherview him /her
,thenfullsenseof“me” i sattai
ned.

Moreover
,thr
eeact
ivi
ti
esar
eident
if
iedast
her
esul
tsi
nthedevel
opmentoft
hesel
f-l
anguage,
pl
ay,andgame.

Attheageof0t o2yearsold,chi
ldr
ent endtoi
mitat
ethelanguageusedbypeopl
ethatare
ar
oundthem.Thus,t
hesymbol
s,gestur
es,words,andsoundforchi
l
drenatt
hisst
agear
emer ewords

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andsoundanddoesnothaveanymeani ng.Hence,si ncechi ldr

enatt heseagesar eonpr eparat
ory
stage,itisi
mpor t
antthatlanguageconveyedont hem ar escreenedasevent ual
l
ytheselanguagecoul d
alreadybeunder stoodasachi ldgrowsolder .
Dur
ingages2t o6year sold,playdevelopstheone’ssel f
-consciousnessthroughroleplayi
ng.
Itdevelopst hesel
fbyallowingpeopl etotakeondi f
ferentroles,pretend,andexpressexpect at
ionsof
others.Thepl aydoneatt heseagesar ef areasieraschi l
drendonotadher etoanyr oles.During
role-play,achil
disablet ointernal
izetheview ofot hersanddevel opanunder st
andingofhow ot her
peopl efeelaboutthemselvesandot hersi
ndi ff
erentsit
uations.

Thegameact ivi
tyt hatisengagedbychi l
drenages7year sol
donwar dsall
owst hechi
l
dt o
understandandadheretot herolesoft hegameswhichasar esul
tmayl
eadtothedevel
opmentofsel
f.
Toadd,sel fwi
llbedevel opedwhenachi l
dunder
standsthatrul
esoft
hegamear eexist
ingandthat
these rul
esshould be f
ol l
owed t o possi
blywi
nthegame.Thegame st ageresul
tsto whatMead
i
dentif
iesasonesideoft heself,the“me” ort hegeneral
i
zedot her
.

I
II
.TheLooki
ng-Gl
assSel
f

Sociali
nt eracti
onpl aysanimport
antrol
etoindi
vi
dual’sunder standi
ngofsel f;t
hus,behavi or
andaper son’ssel f-esteem maybedi ctat
edbyhow theywi l
lpredicthow ot herspercei
vedt hem.
Americansoci ologistChar l
esHortonCooleycoi
nedtheconcept“looking-glassself” aspertai
ningt o
anindividual’sdevel opmentofsel f
-conceptbasedontheirobservati
onofhow ot herpeoplesees
them.Thesoci alinteract
ionpeoplehavear eusedas“mi rr
or”t omeasur et heirownwor th,values,
andbehavi or.

Hence,notal lfeedbackmadebyot herscar ri

est hesamewei ght,how oneper ceivedt hesel f
willdependont hecont extofthei nteractionandt henat ur
eoft hepeopl einvolved.Onemaybeseenas
accor dingt ol
abel sputbyot herpeopl et owar dsus.Thesel abelssomet imesar eder ivedf rom di fferent
factorsonemaybeassoci atedwi th.Inexampl e,themi lkcommer ci
alper t
ainingt otheboysdoubt inga
girl
’scapaci tyt oplaysoccerwi ththem,“ehbabaekaeh,bakaumi yakkal ang?’,orI locanosar e
ti
ght -f
isted,andyouar eanI locano,sopeopl ewi llseeyouast i
ght-fi
stedi ndivi
dual .Label ingbi as
occur swhenwear elabel ed,andot hers’ vi ewsandexpect ati
onsofusar eaf f
ectedbyt hatl abeli
ng
(Fox&St i
nnet,1996).Butwhent hedegr eeofappr aisal
sar egreat,itmayhappent hatani ndi vidual wil
l
adoptsuchappr aisalintot hei
rsel ves.Sel f
-labelingmayoccurwhenonet akei ntot heirself-concept
thosel abels,andeval uat i
onmadebyot hersf orthem.Att i
mesl abelsappear stobeexagger atedt hatit
goes beyond t he usual ,and internalized pr ej
udi ce happens when peopl ei nsti
llsuch l abelunt o
themsel veswhi chmayl eadtopoorsel f-concept .

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ASSESSMENT

Name:JUSTI
CEF.FAJARDOCour
seBEED/
YearFr
eshmen/
Sect
ion:BLOCK-2Dat
e:_______

Dir
ecti
on:Chooset
helett
erthatcor
respondst
oyouranswer
.Wr
it
ethel
ett
erofyourchoi
ceont
he
spaceprovi
dedbef
oreeachnumber

A1
. I
tref
erst
othe“sel
f” assubj
ect
,andi
ndi
vi
dual
’si
mpul
se.

A.“I
” B.“Me” C.“Ot
her
s” D.“You”

C 2. Hewast
heAmer
icansoci
ologi
stwhocoi
nedt
heconceptoft
he“l
ooki
ng-gl
asssel
f”.

A.Mead B.Wi
l
li
am James C.Col
l
ey D.Ger
gen

A3. Itoccur
swhenwear
elabel
ed,andot
her
s’ vi
ewsandexpect
ati
onsofusar
eaf
fect
edbyt
hat
l
abel
i
ng.

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A.Label
i
ngBi
as B.Sel
fLabel
i
ng C.I
nter
nal
i
zedPr
ejudi
ce D.AandB

C4. I toccurswhenpeopl
einst
il
llabelmadebyot
her
sunt
othemsel
veswhi
chmayl
eadt
opoor
sel
f-concept.

A.Label
ingBi
as B.Sel
fLabel
i
ng C.I
nter
nal
i
zedPr
ejudi
ce D.
Refl
ect
ion

B5.I
toccur
swhenonet
akei
ntot
hei
rsel
f-conceptt
hosel
abel
s,andeval
uat
ionmadebyot
her
sfor
t
hem.

A.Label
i
ngBi
as B.Sel
fLabel
i
ng C.I
nter
nal
i
zedPr
ejudi
ce D.Sel
fBi
as

B6.
Amirat
hinkst
hatherteacherandcl
assmat
esseeherasi
ntel
l
igent
.Shet
akesont
hisvi
ewandr
eact
s
t
othem.Whichsel
fisthi
saccordingt
oMead?

A.“I” B.“Me” C.“gener

ali
zeot
her
s”
D.mysel
f

A7.Jadenhasver
ylowself
-est
eem,shealwaysseesher
sel
fincapabl
eofdoi
ngt
hingsonherownand
al
waysrel
iesonot
hers.Whi
chselfi
sthi
saccordi
ngtoMead?

A.“I” B .“Me” C.“gener

ali
zeot
her
s”
D.mysel
f

D8.I
nwhi
chMead’sst
agesoft
hesel
fdochi
l
drenmer
elyi
mit
atet
hepeopl
ear
oundt
hem?

A.Pl
ay B.Game C.Language D.AandB

B9.Geor
geHer
ber
tMead’s“I
”ref
erst
o:

A.The“whatdoIwant”? C.I
ndivi
dual
cul
tur
alori
gin
B.Howother
sint
erpr
etouract
ion D.Thesymbolt
hatot
hersgiveus

B1
0.Geor
geHer
ber
tMead’s“Me” r
efer
sto:

A.The“whatdoIwant”? C.Howmyi
nternal
izedviewhasbeencreat
ed
B.Howother
sint
erpr
etouract
ion D.Howmypersonalbel
iefsaf
fectot
her
s.

BaseonSal
vaci
onVil
laf
uer
te’sAssessmentQuest
ionnai
rep.
26andFai
thMedeni
l
laCuevo’sUnder
standi
ngt
hesel
fTestYour
Knowl
edgeQuesti
onnai
rep.25

LEARNI
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ESSAY

Descr
ibesomeaspect sofyoursel
fthatchangedovert
imeasef f
ect
edbymoder nizat
ion
ofsociet
y.Writedownyourthoughtsandfeeli
ngsi
natleasthal
fapage,butnott
oexceed
onepage( l
ett
ersize)
.

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Moralaspect
s - now a days many chil
dren has l
owly aff
ectstheirmoral
it
y, t
hey
answeredt
hei
rparentsharshl
ybecauseofadvancetechnology,andsometi
mesmeal so
wasaf f
ect
ed i
nt hi
sdi l
emmabecause whenIusegadget s, someti
mesIcoul d not
di
scipl
i
nemyselfi
ntakingimport
antschedul
e,soIrushinmyacademi cpurposes.

SUMMARY

Theclassi
calsoci
ologi
calperspect
ivetheselfi
sviewedasar elat
ivel
yfi
xsetofviewsofwhoa
personisi
nrelat
iontoone’ssel f
,otherpeople,andtosocialsyst
ems.Ourselfi
sconstr
uctedt
hrough
i
nteract
ionwithotherpeople.Thus,wear enotmer eapassi vepar
ti
cipantintheprocessofsocial

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i
nteract
ion,rat
herwe have t
he powert
oinf
luence how t
he pr
ocess ofsoci
ali
zat
ion and i
ts
consequenceswil
ldevel
op.

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