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Understanding The Self - Week 3
Understanding The Self - Week 3
their self.
The social emergence of self is developed due to the three forms of inter-subjective activity, the
language, play, and the game.
He proposed the stages of self formation:
1. Preparatory Stage. Mead believed that the self did not exist at birth. Instead, the self
develops over time. Its development is dependent on social interaction and social
experience. At this stage, children’s behaviors are primarily based on imitation. It was
observed that children imitate the behaviors of those around them. At this stage, knowing
and understanding the symbols are important for this will constitute their way of
communicating with others throughout their lives.
2. The Play Stage. Skills at knowing and understanding the symbols of communication is
important for this constitutes the basis of socialization. Through communication, social
relationship are formed. Now children begin to role play and pretend to be other people.
Role-taking in the play stage is the process of mentally assuming the process of another
as separate objects.
This section aims to assess your understanding of some of the topics covered
in Week 3 through the activity below.
Sociology Anthropology
END OF WEEK 3