TwentyStatements Test

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Twenty-Statements Test On a sheet, write I am
and make a list from 1 to 20. Finish the
statement I am with twenty things about
yourself. Each can be from one word up to an
entire sentence. Yes, anything at all. Im not
going to see it.
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• Congratulations you have a self
• (Im willing to bet)
• Do you have views of yourself in social roles?
• Do you have any self-critical views?
• Thats pretty complete.

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What is it?

• Not consciousness (though thats
  importantexamples of Chocolate and Cashew)
• Consciousness always look outward not inward
• Alfred Schutz called it the cone of our
  attention (like the light from a searchlight or
  a flashlight)
• It is not our body (though )

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The self and society

• How are the self and society two sides of the
  same coin?
• (makes the self pretty important, no?)

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The self as a process

• Begin with the looking glass self (Cooley)
• Through interaction, we see ourselves through
  others eyes
• Imagination is important, but so is real

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The self as process part 2

• The conscious brain, always serving the organism
  --- Meads the I.
• The image of oneself that develops through
  interaction --- Meads the me
• The desire for intimacy, contact, approval
• Symbols are important they mediate our
  understanding of situations and ourselves

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Who is important in interaction?

• Significant Others who/what are they?
• The Generalized Other who doesnt even exist!

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Why/how do we come to accept our SOs standards?

• Chocolate and Cashew dont accept my standards
  though they love me!
• Mead we practice those standards its how we
  internalize them
• How? Theres a connection between inner states
  and outward expressions
• Its why childs playing is so important
  practice!

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Slowthree stages

• Preparatory Stage (many dont mention this as a
  stage)
• Play Stage
• Game Stage (baseball Mead was a baseball fan in
  Chicago)

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An application crime and incomplete
internalization

• Remember two sides of a coin? Society, then,
  needs well-socialized people.
• Ted Bundy no conscience, no consideration of
  others
• In general criminals are considered
  incompletely socialized. Example
• Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi General
  Theory of Crime the common denominator of most
  criminals is poor self-control.
• Includes short-term time focus, drive for
  excitement, lack of concern for others
• (Gottfredson Hirschi are among those who dont
  like strain theories of deviance)

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Another Application Inappropriate Socialization

• Edwin Sutherland
• Differential Association
• Who recalls this one?

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Differential Association

• Issue where do we get our definitions of the
  situation that see a deviant/criminal action as
  positive or negative?
• (hint significant others)
• Sutherland says there are four important aspects
  of interaction. They are .

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Differential Association (cont)

• Aspects of associations with others
• Priority the order in which they occur
• Intensity is this a primary or secondary
• association?
• Frequency How often is there interaction
• Duration How long does the association last?
• (Have I told you about the tiny-dopers?)

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Question

• What of people who were once considered
  inappropriately socialized, but whom we now think
  were great?
• NOTE Think or people who changed societies.

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Applications of Socialization Theory

• Crime (specific application)
• Why do some people commit a lot of crimes and
  deviant acts?
• Why dont more people commit more crimes and
  deviant acts?
• Symbolic interaction (more general application)
• Herbert Blumer people act toward things based on
  the meaning those things have for them these
  meanings are derived from social interaction and
  modified through interpretation.
• We define situations rather than simply
  reacting to them. We react differently
  depending on the definition.
• This affects our interactions themselves.
• The social world is less solid and more in flux,
  social reality is temporarily negotiated among
  actors.

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Problems/Issues with Socialization Theory

• Knowledge of self as an object only through
  interaction? (e.g., birds and primates)
• Biological basis of behavior, versus social
  determinism (e.g., the gay gene argument)
• Completeness of socialization, versus social
  control from outside (atrocities and the thin
  veneer of civilization though this is
  complicated see My Lai)