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• It is the study of how human society is established, its structure and how it works.

  Sociology
• People’s interaction to each other and the effects they have to one another.

  Sociology
• Father of American Pragmatism

  George Herbert Mead
• One of the pioneers in the field of social psychology

  George Herbert Mead
• Formed the concept he called “The Social Self".

  George Herbert Mead
• He rejected the idea of biological determination of self.

  George Herbert Mead
• Mead proposed that these are the two components of self which every person have.

  “Me” and “I”
• Actions and behaviors of a person that follows the “generalized others” (society as a whole)

  The "Me"
• Our social self

  The "Me"
• How other people sees u

  The "Me"
• Our personal response to the “me” or our social self

  The "I"
• Manifestation or sense of individuality of a person

  The "I"
• Three Role Playing Stages of Self Development

  • Preparatory Stage
  • Play Stage
  • Game Stage
• • From birth to 2 years old
  • Infants mimicking actions as they observe people they interact with
  • These imitations are reflections of what they remember without meaning behind these actions

  Preparatory Stage
• • From 2 to 6 years old
  • Child begins to communicate to others with certain rules apply
  • They practices real-life situations by pretend plays and role takings
  • They are already aware of what role they are pretending to be unlike in the Preparatory Stage

  Play Stage
• • From 6 to 9 years old
  • Acknowledge the beliefs or perspectives of the generalized others (society)
  • Understands what multiple role means
  • Starts to be concerned with the reactions of significant others on what they do

  Game Stage
• He believed that every person has an archetype called persona

  Carl Jung
• • The side of the personality that people show to the world
  • Jung believed that each of us should project a particular role
  • We should not confuse our public face with our complete self
  • If we identify too closely with our persona, we will remain unconscious of our individuality and will be blocked from attaining self-realization

  persona
• • We must acknowledge society but if we over identify with our persona, we lose touch with our inner self and remain dependent on society’s expectations of us
  • To become psychologically healthy, Jung believed, we must strike a balance between the demands of society and what we truly are
  • To be unaware of one’s deep individuality is to become society’s puppet

  persona
• According to Dr. Virgilio Enriquez, a pioneer on studying Filipino Psychology, _____ is the core value of Filipinos

  kapwa
• 2 types of Kapwa:

  • Ibang Tao
  • Hindi Ibang Tao
• These are people that you are not acquainted with

  Ibang Tao
• • These are people inside your circle

  Hindi Ibang Tao