Mentally assuming the perspective of another person

  1. It is one of the disciplines in the social sciences which aims to discover the ways by which the social environment influences people's thought

    Sociology

  2. He was born in Massachusetts, USA; graduated and taught grade school at Oberlin Univ

    George Herbert Mead

  3. Studies at Harvard with his interests in psychology, and philosophy

    George Herbert Mead

  4. Did not publish any book, so his students put together his writings

    George Herbert Mead

  5. It is the approach Mead used to describe the power of environment in shaping human behavior

    Social Behaviorism

  6. He described self as 'dimension of personality that is made up of the individual's self awareness and self-image'

    George Herbert Mead

  7. TRUE or FALSE
    According to Mead, the self can be separated from the society

    FALSE - cannot

  8. 3 stages the person undergoes in the course of development

    • 1) The Preparatory Stage
    • 2) The Play Stage
    • 3) The Game Stage

  9. TRUE or FALSE
    Mead believes that a self did not exist at birth

    TRUE

  10. The self develops overtime, the development is dependent on _____ and ___

    social interaction, and social experience

  11. At this stage, children's behavior are primarily based on imitation

    Preparatory Stage

  12. In preparatory stage, children's behavior are primarily based on _____

    imitation

  13. In which stage where the children become familiar with symbols as they grow

    Preparatory Stage

  14. As the children grown, they become familiar with ______

    symbols

  15. This is the bases of communication at preparatory stage

    symbols

  16. At this stage, skills at knowing and understanding the symbols of communication is important for this constitutes the basis for socialization

    Play Stage

  17. In Play stage, skills at ___ and ___ the symbols of communication is important for this constitutes the basis for _______

    knowing---understanding; socialization

  18. Social relationships are formed in this stage

    Play Stage

  19. Children begin to role play at this stage

    play stage

  20. It is the process of mentally assuming the perspective of another person to see how this person might behave in a given situation

    Role-taking

  21. At this stage, the child widens his perspective and realizes that he is not alone

    Play Stage

  22. It is the most significant stage in the development

    Play stage

  23. At this stage, the child is about 8-9 years old

    Game stage

  24. The child begins to consider several task and various type of relationship in this stage

    Game stage

  25. The child now begins to see not only his own perspective but at the same time the perspective of thers around him

    game stage

  26. the child has now the ability to respond

    game stage

  27. In game stage, _____ was used to explain the behavior of the person

    generalized other

  28. familiarize

journal article

Role-Playing vs. Role-Taking: An Appeal for Clarification

American Sociological Review

Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr., 1951)

, pp. 180-187 (8 pages)

Published By: American Sociological Association

https://doi.org/10.2307/2087691

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2087691

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