GEN 002: Understanding The Self

Module #2 Student Activity Sheet

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Lesson Title: Materials:

Self from the Perspective of Sociology Student Activity Sheet

Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students References:

will be able to: https://www.iep.utm.edu/mead/
1. Understand our self according to Sociological http://philschatz.com/sociology-
perspective; and book/contents/m42821.html
2. Give importance to things that help us grow and Gazzingan,L., et.al. (2018), Understanding the
develop. Self, Panday. lahi Publishing

A. INTRODUCTION (2 mins)

A pleasant day to everyone! How are you? Hope you’re doing well with your studies! Did you read something
about our new lesson?

□ When we talk about Sociology, what comes to your mind?

□ Do you know some famous sociologist? What do they teach us?
□ Does our environment has something to do with ourselves? How does it affect us?

Today’s lesson is all about Sociologist and their contributions, together with effect of sociology to the pond of
knowledge.

Activity 1: Lesson Review/Preview (4 points)

Direction: Fill each blank with the correct answer. Write your answer on the blank provided.
1. Was to know thyself . The goal of philosophy according to Socrates.
2. Aristotle . According to him the Self (soul) is the essence of living being.
3. Descartes . He argued that Self and the body are inseparable.
4. St. Augustine . He argued that the identity is achieved through a twofold process: self -
presentation, which leads to self-realization.

Activity 2: What I Know Chart, part 1 (5mins)

Next up, let us check what you already know about the topic before reading the lesson.

Please answer the given questions in the second column of the table below. Write you answers in the first
column and leave the third column blank at this time.

What I Know Questions: What I Learned (Activity 4)

Sociology is the study of social What do you understand about Sociology can help us to
life, social change, and the social sociology? understand ourselves better,
causes and consequences of since it examines how the social
human behavior. world influences the way we think,
feel, and act. It can also help with
decision-making, both our own
and that of larger organizations.
No, it is generally social activity. Is this about our feelings towards Set of perceptions of who we are in
other people, and community? relation to ourselves, others, and to
social systems.
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Yes Is it important to mingle, interact Yes
participate and involve ourselves to
any concerns of the environment?

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B. MAIN LESSON
Content Notes (15 mins)

You can make use of a highlighter to highlight important details in the text. This will help you
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Sociological Perspective on Self

Classical sociological perspective, the Self is a relatively stable set of perceptions of who we are in relation to
ourselves, others, and to social systems. The self is socially constructed in the sense that it is shaped through
interaction with other people.

Charles Cooley’s theory of the “looking glass self.”

Cooley wrote that people’s ideas of themselves have “three principal elements:
(1) the imagination of our appearance to the other person;
(2) the imagination of his judgment of that appearance, and
(3) some sort of self-feeling, such as pride or mortification

The thing that moves us to pride or shame is…the imagined effect of this reflection upon another’s mind…. We
are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave
one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and, in imagining, share the judgments
of the other mind. A man will boast to one person of an action—say some sharp transaction in trade—which he
would be ashamed to own to another.” To put it more simply, the way you imagine other people perceiving you
affects the way you feel about yourself, which in turn affects your attitude and even your appearance. And you
may change the way you present yourself depending on who you’re trying to impress or fit in with. I realized
that the looking glass self applies to my own life right at that moment. This drawing depicts the looking-glass
self. The person at the front of the image is looking into four mirrors, each of which reflects someone else's
image of him back to him.

Mead's theory of the social self is based on the perspective that the self emerges from social interactions, such
as observing and interacting with others, responding to others' opinions about oneself, and internalizing
external opinions and internal feelings about oneself.

Three activities develop the self:

1. Language develops self by allowing individuals to respond to each other through symbols, gestures, words,
and sounds. Language conveys others' attitudes and opinions toward a subject or the person. Emotions, such
as anger, happiness, and confusion, are conveyed through language.

2. Play develops self by allowing individuals to take on different roles, pretend, and express expectation of
others. Play develops one's self-consciousness through role-playing. During role-play, a person is able to
internalize the perspective of others and develop an understanding of how others feel about themselves and
others in a variety of social situations.

3. Games develop self by allowing individuals to understand and adhere to the rules of the activity. Self is
developed by understanding that there are rules in which one must abide by in order to win the game or be
successful at an activity.

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Mead develops William James' distinction between the "I" and the "me." The "me" is the accumulated
understanding of "the generalized other" i.e. how one thinks one's group perceives oneself etc. The "I" is the
individual's impulses. The "I" is self as subject; the "me" is self as object. The "I" is the knower; the "me" is the
known. For Mead the thinking process is the internalized dialogue between the "I" and the "me."

The "I" is the response of an individual to the attitudes of others, while the "me" is the organized set of attitudes
of others which an individual assumes.

The Looking Glass Self; Who Holds Our Reflections?

An interesting discussion is about the theory of the Looking Glass Self by Charles Horton Cooley. Cooley
thought that an individual and society do not exist separately, but rather the individual is the product society
and society is the product of the individual. There are three parts to the concept; how a person thinks the
other(s) perceives him, how the person thinks the other(s) judges that perception, and the reaction of the
person to the assumed perceptions and judgments.

I can imagine what a group of diverse people sitting around discussing this may argue, both for and against the
theory. What a lively debate it could be, mixing young and old, liberal and conservative, and experienced and
inexperienced into the same group. Ah, how many of those individuals, I wonder, would have dressed to
convey an image to the others, would speak in certain manners in order to impress or distress, or would
consider what the importance of their statements would have upon the other group members?

At first, the theory seems to explain that each person is no more than a reflection of society. More realistically,
the theory means we are products of our cultures, our physical surroundings, and the human beings with
whom we associate. Generally, I think it can be agreed, most people want to fit into society in some manner.
And to fit in means to obey some of the rules of the group to which we belong, or want to belong.

Considering everyone wants to fit in somewhere, people we surround ourselves with have a great influence on
who we become. The type of people that we associate with differs through the various stages of our lives; the
drinking buddies we may have had in our early twenties may not be the same people we want as godparents
for our children. The people from Church are probably not the people we would invite to a bachelor party.

And so, as we grow older, what type of people should we associate with? What reflections of ourselves do we
want to nurture? It depends on how each of us view the process of aging, what and when is "old age" to each
of us, do we plan to "go gently into the night" or will we remain active in and throughout the middle and latter
stages of life, just as we did in our physical youth? There are no wrong answers, merely different ways for
different people. Simply being aware of the influences others have on us is important. In that way, we can more
actively choose those from whom we are reflected, and be mindful of how we react to others, as reflections of
who they are.

Activity 3: Skill Building Activity (25mins)

Direction: On the left side of the box below, please sketch a self-portrait that describes the social groups you
identify yourself with and around it, write its labels. These labels should be nouns such as “college student,”
“workers,” etc.

On the right side of the box, draw another portrait that represents how you believe others see you and write
labels around the portrait. This time you will use adjectives that you believe others would use to describe you.
These adjectives can be positive, negative, or whatever comes to mind.

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Reflective Questions:
Please answer each item in 2-3 sentences only.

1) Are there any noun labels that other people assume should be on your self-portrait but are not?
None

2) Are there any that are hidden from other people and what are the reasons that you keep it hidden from
them?
Yes, I hide those personalities that is one of my weaknesses.

3) Are there adjectives you wish were on the 2nd portrait? And Anything you wish were NOT there?
YES

Activity 4: What I Know Chart, part 2 (5 mins)

Now, it’s time for you to go back in the What I Know Chart from the 1st activity for you to monitor how your
knowledge has changed by reviewing the questions in the second column and write your answers to the
questions based on what you know now in the third column of the chart.

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Activity 5: Check for Understanding (5 mins)

You are doing well! Next, you need to answer the activity below. This will assess your learning about
the lesson.

Let’s try your memory, I will give you enumeration type of short assessment to determine your
comprehension.

Now it’s time for you to answer ….

1 – 2 What are the two distinction of self?
- I and Me

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3–5 Activities develop the self
- Language, Play , Game

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6 – 8 Charles Cooley Theory Looking Glass Self, 3 principal elements
- the imagination of our appearance to the other person
- the imagination of his judgment of that appearance,
-some sort of self-feeling, such as pride or mortification

C. LESSON WRAP-UP
Congratulations for finishing this module! Shade the number of the module that you finished.
You are done with the session. Let us track your progress!

PERIOD 1 – Student Activity Sheets PERIOD 2 – Student Activity Sheets

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Activity 6: Thinking about Learning (5 mins)

A) Learning Tracker
As part of the learning tracker, we prepared some questions to reflect on, please carefully read the
question below and give your honest answer.

What felt confusing about what you learned today?

So far, I don’t have any confusions on today’s lesson since it is all about the self ,it is kinda easy to understand.

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Did you have challenges in today’s learning? How did you overcome those challenges?
Same as usual, it’s the words that I don’t know the meaning. I searched the meaning of the words on the
google.

Job well done; you have reached the end of this module! We are looking forward to more meaningful learning
with you.
B) Frequently Asked Questions
Since we know you have questions about this lesson, we write 3 items and answer it on your behalf so
it will be clear to you. Please read the following questions and the corresponding answers to it.

1. Do parents need to be careful in their words, gestures, languages and attitudes because it might be
imitated by children observing them. why?
Ans. Certainly Yes! Anything seen / observe by children from their parents and adults are presume right
and correct.

2. Is it right for parents to be over protective to their children?

Ans. Yes, in a way that protecting them from harm, but not if the knowledge development and exploration
are controlled.

3. Is it necessary for us to reflect?

Ans. Yes, so that we can evaluate our progress, and our behavior if appropriate or not.

KEY TO CORRECTIONS

Check your Understanding

1. I
2. Me
3. Language
4. Play
5. Games
6. the imagination of our appearance to the other person
7. the imagination of his judgment of that appearance,
8. some sort of self-feeling, such as pride or mortification

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