Mead's Roll Taking and Stages of Self

Mead's Roles

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Kendall explains that Cooley's theory of self concept is further explored by Mead's theory of

Kendall, Diana. Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials. Tenth ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2014. 82-85. Print.

What is role-taking

200

Kendall defines this concept as "the process by which a person mentally assumes the role of another person or group in order to understand the world from that person's or group's point of view". This helps a person develop empathy and an appreciation for other roles.

Kendall, Diana. Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials. Tenth ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2014. 82-85. Print.

What is role-taking

300

The final stage of Mead's role-taking, "the person plays at her or his particular role"

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What is role-playing

400

A person "begins to construct his or her own roles" after practicing role-taking.

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What is role-making

Me or I

100

Learned by interaction with others in the larger social environment.

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What is "Me"

200

According to Mead, this is a person's response to the attitudes and interactions of others.

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What is "I"

300

According to Mead, this develops first.

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What is "I"

400

Kendall describes this as "the response of the person to the attitudes of others". This is the "social-self".

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What is "me"

Which Stage

100

In this stage from about age three to five, little Timmy often pretends he is a teacher or firefighter.

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What is Mead's play stage?

200

During this stage Timmy likes playing tag with his friends at school. Timmy prefers to be the tagger, but begins to understand his friends' pre-established rules and expectations of the game. To continue having fun with his friends, Timmy must take turns being chased.

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What is Mead's game stage

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During this stage until about age three little Timmy brushes his hair, splashes water around the sink, and pats his face imitating his mother getting ready for work.

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What is Mead's preparatory stage

400

During this final stage children begin to consider the demands and expectations of the larger society (a concept called generalized other).

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What is Mead's game stage

Significant Other or Generalized Self

100

Shortly after birth, infants start to notice the faces of these people that often feed and nurture them.

Kendall, Diana. Sociology in Our Times: The Essentials. Tenth ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2014. 82-85. Print.

What is significant others

200

Kendall defines this as "Mead's term for the child's awareness of the demands and expectations of the society as a whole or of the child's subculture"

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What is generalized other

300

When a person thinks about the expectations and reactions of other people before he or she speaks or acts, they are considering

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What is the generalized other

400

Kendall defines this as "Those persons whose care, affection, and approval are especially desired and who are most important in the development of self"

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What is significant others