2-Sociological Perspectives On The Self

UNDERSTANDIN
G THE SELF
Prepared by:
Jesslene R. Mojica, LPT, RPm
Sociological
Perspectives
on the Self
What is the commonly expected
behavior, attitude, or even
appearance (i.e., hairstyle,
clothes, belongings) of the
person?
A Male Teenager
person?
A Religious Person
person?
An Artist
person?
An Artist
THE SELF,
SOCIETY and
CULTURE
Prepared by:
Jesslene R. Mojica, LPT, RPm
• Males blue and play guns
• Females pink and play dolls
“po” , “opo”, “sir”, ma`am”, “kuya”, “ate”

As Hughes and Kroehler (2008) puts it:
“We are born into a social environment; we fully

develop in to human beings in a social environment;
and we live our lives in a social environment. What
we think, how we feel, and what we say and do all are
shaped by our interactions with other people.”
• Society
-group of people sharing the same culture and
interacting within a definite territory
• Culture
-the way of life of a certain society.
 Material Culture
 Inmaterial Culture
• Norms
-are rules on what to do or not to do in a certain
situation
• Values
-are ideal behaviors or principles that set the standard
of what is acceptable and admirable from a person
who is a part of a society
“Society is composed of people.”
“Culture is composed of ideas, behavior, and

material possessions.”
Theoretical
Approaches
Symbolic Interactionism
(George Herbert Mead)
The self is created, developed, and changed through

human interaction (Hogg and Vaughan 2010).
3 Reasons Why Self and Identity are Social Products
(Symbolic Interactionism)
a. Our sociocultural context affects who we are,

even our choices.
b. We need others to affirm/reinforce who we are,
whether we admit it or not.
c. What we deem as personally important is
affected by what is important in our culture.
Culture and Personality
(Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead)
The self is dependent on the cultural practices and
socialization process of a certain group.
Studying a person’s personality can already provide
us an idea of his or her cultural background and
social upbringing and vice versa (Dia et al. 2014).
Symbolic and Interpretative Anthropology
(Clifford James Geertz)
Symbols and meanings are made,

communicated, and negotiated by people to
make sense of their lives and interactions
(Geertz n.d.).
To maintain a smooth-
functioning society,
social institutions are
created.
Social Institutions
Sets of ideas, norms, practices, or mechanisms

organized and focused on addressing the needs
of the community (McIntyre 2002).
Social Institutions
Kinship
Economic Politics
basic social institutions of
the society
Education Religion
Social Institutions
Kinship
aims to regulate the flow

Economic Politics
of resources and services
Education Religion
Social Institutions Kinship
usually composed of
variousEconomic
organizations Politics
ensuring peace and order
and legitimizing they use
of power of certain
people or groups
Education Religion
ensure that the knowledge
Social Institutions of the past and the culture
Kinship
of the society gets
transmitted from one
Economic Politics
generation to another
Education Religion
ensure that the knowledge
Social Institutions of the past and the culture
Kinship
of the society gets
transmitted from one
Economic Politics
generation to another
Education Religion
an organized set of
practices, symbols,
Economic and Politics
artifacts regarding the
belief the belief of the
supernatural
Education Religion
Reasons why people believe in

supernatural:
Economic Politics
• explanation of the unexplainable
• meaning and purpose of life
• continuity of relationship with the people
that we care about even afterEducation
death among Religion
others
function to teach and

reinforce values, norms
Economic Politics
and morals, in partnership
with the family and
school
Education Religion
function to teach and

reinforce values, norms
Economic Politics
and morals, in partnership
with the family and
school
Education Religion
• Understanding the Self Book
• Pages 25-26
• Cut and submit it at 3:55pm
today
• Understanding the Self Book
• Pages 29-30
• Cut and submit on next
meeting
(September 21--THURSDAY)
PRELIMS
(September 26---TUESDAY)

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UNDERSTANDIN

• Females pink and play dolls

“po” , “opo”, “sir”, ma`am”, “kuya”, “ate”

“We are born into a social environment; we fully

“Culture is composed of ideas, behavior, and

The self is created, developed, and changed through

a. Our sociocultural context affects who we are,

Symbols and meanings are made,

Sets of ideas, norms, practices, or mechanisms

aims to regulate the flow

Reasons why people believe in

function to teach and

function to teach and

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