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CMST 300 - Exam 1*Meaning* - Define & Explain role in 'looking glass self' - correct answer ✔✔Mead's Theory on Symbolic
Interactionism -
*"Humans act toward people/things on the basis of the meanings they assign to those people or
things."*
Realities can be made individually or as a community.
A Construction of social reality - *Interpretation* of facts
LANGUAGE is the source of meaning
Ex.) Rose -> love
*Thought* - Define & Explain role in 'looking glass self' - correct answer ✔✔Mead's Theory on Symbolic
Interactionism -
THINKING taking the role of the other.
*Self* - Define & Explain role in 'looking glass self' - correct answer ✔✔Mead's Theory on Symbolic
Interactionism -
*"Process of combining the 'I' and the 'me'. *
'I' = Spontaneous/driving force/unregulated by society/ Rt brained/Unorganized in the self
Once the 'I' is discovered, it becomes the 'me'...
'Me' = Viewed as an object. We can stand outside ourselves
Who we should be/roles in society/organized society
Not at birth - Formed through continual symbolic interactions.
SOCIETY and the effect of the others' expectations
Symbolic Interactionism: - correct answer ✔✔George Mead. Language & gestures a person uses in
anticipation of the way others will respond.
, 3 Core Concepts- Meaning/Thought/Self
Concepts lead to conclusions about the creation of a person's self and socialization into a larger society.
Looking-Glass Self: - correct answer ✔✔(Hypothesis) Mental self image that results from taking the role
of the other. The objective self. The 'me'.
The 'I' - correct answer ✔✔Subjective self - Spontaneous/driving force/unregulated by society/ Rt
brained/Unorganized in the self
Once the 'I' is discovered, it becomes the 'me'...
The 'Me' - correct answer ✔✔Objective self - Viewed as an object. We can stand outside ourselves
Who we should be/roles in society/organized society
Not at birth - Formed through continual symbolic interactions.
Minding: - correct answer ✔✔Inner dialogue used to test alternatives, rehearse actions, and anticipate
reactions before responding. Self-talk. Reflective. Us thinking about what our next move is.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: - correct answer ✔✔Tendency for our expectations to evoke responses that
confirm what we originally anticipated. Impact of how others view themselves. Think it and it shall be.
Ex.) People tell me that I'm fat, I may start believing Im heaver than I am.
Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) - correct answer ✔✔-*Communication Reward Valence*
-*Violation Valence*
-*Expectancy*
-Requirements, Expectations, and Desires (RED)
Expectancies influence Interaction patters, impressions of one another, outcomes of our interactions.
pos and neg valanced communication outcomes.
Expectancy: - correct answer ✔✔What people *predict* will happen rather than what they desire.
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