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    George Herbert Mead was an American philosopher and sociologist who established symbolic interactionism. He believed that the development of individuals and their sense of self is shaped through social interaction and assigning meaning to objects and ideas based on how others view them. His student, Herbert Blumer, further developed and coined the term "symbolic interactionism" to describe Mead's perspective that people interpret each other's actions based on shared symbols and meanings developed through social interaction.

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    George Herbert Mead was an American philosopher and sociologist who established symbolic interactionism. He believed that the development of individuals and their sense of self is shaped through social interaction and assigning meaning to objects and ideas based on how others view them. His student, Herbert Blumer, further developed and coined the term "symbolic interactionism" to describe Mead's perspective that people interpret each other's actions based on shared symbols and meanings developed through social interaction.

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    George Herbert Mead was an American philosopher and sociologist who established symbolic interactionism. He believed that the development of individuals and their sense of self is shaped through social interaction and assigning meaning to objects and ideas based on how others view them. His student, Herbert Blumer, further developed and coined the term "symbolic interactionism" to describe Mead's perspective that people interpret each other's actions based on shared symbols and meanings developed through social interaction.

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    Symbolic Interactionism

    by George Herbert Mead


    The Proponent: George Herbert Mead

    Born on February 27, 1863, at South


    Hadley, Massachusetts
    1883: He attended Oberlin College
    and graduated with BA degree.
    1887: Enrolled ar Harvard University
    studying philosophy and sociology
    and graduated with a Masters degree
    in 1888.
    In 1894, Mead moved to Chicago,
    Illinois, where he would later
    become the center of the socoilogical
    department at the University of
    Chicago
    Mead death in 1931, after his death
    his student at the University
    published his Mind, Self, and
    Society teachings.
    Herbert Blumer, Meads pupil,
    further developed his theory and
    coined it Symbolic Interactionism

    Generalized Other
    Two side of self: The concept of I and
    Me

    Symbolic Interactionism

    sociological perspective on self and


    society
    Mead believe that the development
    of the individual was a social process
    as with the meaning individuals are
    assigned to things in order to decide
    how to act.
    People change based on their
    interactions with objects
    attends ideas other people
    and they asseigned meaning
    to things
    This perspective relies on the
    symbolic meaning that people
    develop and rely upon in the process
    of social interaction.

    Origins: Max Weber


    Individuals act according to
    their interpretation of the
    meaning of their world
    Central theme: The human life is
    lived in the symbolic domain (the
    self is a social emergent)
    People inhabit a world that is in large
    part socially constructed. In
    particular, the meaning of objects,
    events, and behaviours comes from
    the interpretation people gove the,
    and interpretations vary from one
    group to another.
    The goals of our interactions are to
    create a shared meaning.

    Me - represents the expectations and


    attitudes of others (the generalized
    other).
    It is the organized set of
    attitudes of others that the
    individual assumes.
    I - is the response to the me, or the
    persons individuality
    According to Mead, the
    generalized other
    (internalized in the me) is
    the major instrument of so
    cial control for it is
    the mechanism by which the
    community exercises control
    over the conduct of its
    individual members.

    Disciple: Herbert Blumer

    Born: March 7, 1900


    Education: University of Missouri

    Main Interests: Sociology, Symbolic


    Interactionism, Sociological Research
    Methods

    People act toward things based on the


    meaning those things have for them, and
    these meanings are derived from social
    interaction and modified through
    interpretation.
    Three main points:

    Humans act towards things


    on the basis of the meanings
    they have for them.
    The meaning of things arises
    out of the social interactions
    one has with one's fellows.
    Meanings are handled in, and
    modified through, an
    interpretive process a person
    uses in dealing with the
    things he or she encounters.

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