1. George Herbert Mead Social Behaviorism
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2. Social Behaviorism
Explains how social experience creates individual personality
John B. Watson (Behaviorism of Psychology) focus = outward behavior
Mead focuses on inward thinking

3. The Self Mead’s central concept
The Self = the part of an individual’s personality composed of self-awareness and self image

4. Info about The Self Self develops only with social experience
Mead “self develops only as an individual interacts with other”
Social experience is the exchange of symbols
Dog (Example)
(Role Taking) Understanding intention requires the situation from the other’s point of view
Mead “a process called taking the role of the other”

5. 3. Role Taking Stages Imitation Stage Play Stage Game Stage
Children begin to imitate behaviors without understanding them.
Play Stage
Children act in ways they imagine other people would.
Game Stage
Children anticipate the actions of others based on social rules.

6. 3. Looking – Glass Self “Charles Horton Cooley”
A self-image on how we think others see us
How we think others view us; is how we will think of ourselves!
Self Concept = an image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people.
Demonstration

7. 4. The I and Me By taking the role of the other we become self-aware.
Mead “ “I” is the active part of self and “Me” is the objective side of self”
We initiate an action with “I”
We continue the action based on how other respond “Me”

8. Development of Self Baby = Imitations/No self
Children = language and symbols “Self develops”
Children = play/take the role of others
Children = Take the role of several others at 1 time
Significant other =
Generalized other =

9. Criticisms
No Biological elements
Everything is based off Social