G'H'Mead and Socialisation

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G.H.Mead and Socialisation

• Socialisation is the learning skills that then
  enable people actively to interpret the
  expectations of others and social institutions
  and act accordingly.
• Focused on the Social significance of language in
  both socialisation and identity formation.
• We do not use language to make sense of the world
  around us, we also use it reflexively to monitor
  our behavior.

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Stages in the development of self

• Development of self consciousness in early
  childhood.
• The play stage
• the game stage.
• Over time we learn to see ourselves as we
  believe others see us.In social interaction we
  consciously monitor our behaviour.(taking the
  role of the other)

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Meads double centre of gravity

• For Mead the social self , with its capacity to
  take the role of the other was only part of the
  self.
• Mead do not consider individual as a puppet in
  the hands of society, though it has influence on
  them.
• Individuals are also driven by sudden impulses,
  instincts and inspirations.
• Mead divided the self into I and Me
• I is the individual, instinctive,
  spontaneous, creative part of the self.
• Me is the social self that takes into
  account the reactions of others.
• Consciousness is the conversation between I and
  Me.

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C.H.CooleyLooking-glass Self.

• The image we have of ourselves is based on how
  we believe others see us.
• Just as a mirror reflects back to us an image of
  the physical self, so others reactions to us
  reflect back an image of our social self, the
  kind of person we are.
• According to him the self develops within the
  context of social relationships.
• One discovers oneself through the reactions of
  others to him.

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Resocialisation and Total institutions

• Resocialisaion occurs when we abandon our
  self-concept and way of life for a radically
  different one.
• Radical change in self-concept needs radical
  change in environment.
• The first step in the resocialisation process is
  to isolate the individual from the past
  environment.
• This is best done by Total institutons.

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Total Institutons

• Total institutions are a setting in which people
  are isolated from the rest of society and
  manipulated by an administrative staff.
• Prisons and mental hospitals.
• Acc to Erving Goffman total institutions have 3
  characteristics.
• (i) Staff members supervise all daily life of
  the residents.
• (ii) The inmates are provided with standardized
  food,sleeping quarters and prescribed activities.
• (iii) formal rules and daily schedules dictate
  how the inmates perform virtually every part of
  their daily routines.

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Dramaturgical analysis

• The chief architect of this analysis is Erving
  Goffman.
• Dramaturgy is a version of symbolic interaction
  that views social situations as scenes
  manipulated by the actors to convey the desired
  impression to the audience.
• All the world is a theatre. The theatre has both
  Front region and back region.
• Goffman described individuals performance as the
  presentation of self.

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Presentation of self

• Presentation of the self is an individuals
  effort to create specific impressions in the
  minds of others.
• This is also called impression management.
• We try to impress others in our daily situations.