interactionism - mead and blumer

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Overall, what is Mead's theory about?
The self, i and me and the generalised other
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In Mead's theory, what is 'me'?
the version of the person that gets judged - an object
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In Mead's theory, what is 'i'?
the version of the person that judges - a subject
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what is the generalised other
the organised and generalised attitude of a social group
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how does i, me and the generalised other link together?
I does the judging of the me, and the thoughts of the I are informed by the attitudes of the generalised other of the group they are interacting with
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what separates us from animals?
because humans are able to think of themselves in an objective way - this ability to do this is reflexivity
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when do we learn about the i, me and generalised other?
when we are children
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why are infants unable to act reflexively?
they do not operationalise a distinction between the 'i' and the 'me', infants are unable to distinguish between various roles in society so have not internalised the generalised other
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how does a child learn to become reflexive?
as they grow older, they start to play in a way that involves role taking. this develops the awareness of the i and the me and learns to see things from a different perspective - this is essential when adopting the attitude of TGO.
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what is Mead's idea about multiple self concepts?
Mead thinks we have multiple self concepts - as a we are reflexive, we have a different self concept for each set of relationships and set of social interactions
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What does Mead say about gesture and response?
Mead says the meaning of a gesture is the response it gets. the response to something that hasn't even happened is the meaning of the original gesture. gestures are based on context which has to be universal in order for it to work.
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What term did Blumer invent?
Symbolic Interactionism
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What does Blumer distinguish between?
symbolic and non-symbolic interaction
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what is non-symbolic interaction?
people responding directly and immediately to the gestures or actions of another person with no intervening mental process: e.g. flinch to a suprise
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what is symbolic interaction?
people interpret each others gestures/actions and respond on the basis of the meaning yielded by that interpretation.
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What did Blumer say about interaction?
he said all interaction was symbolic - he stressed that society is made through interpretation, meaning and acting. he says meaning is created in interaction.
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what does Blumer agree with Mead about?
we have to adopt the attitude of the other, this enables us to interpret the acts of others and create meaning.
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what does blumer say about meaning and objects?
objects are human constructs, the nature of an object is constituted by the meaning it has for that person. e.g. readiness to sit in a chair, gives it the meaning of a chair.
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what symbolic interactionist study did Becker do?
worked in a nightclub - studied marijuana use. he demonstrated how people learn to be able to recognise 'getting high' as a pleasurable activity.
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what was learnt from Becker's study?
can see how meaning is made through micro-sociological interaction. the meaning of both the marijuana and the marijuana user is produced, embellished and sustained through continuous interactions.
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