Lesson Summary
The stages of self are imitation, play, game, and generalized other.
What are Mead’s four stages of socialization?
According to Mead, the development of the self goes through stages: (1) imitation (children initially can only mimic the gestures and words of others); (2) play (beginning at age three, children play the roles of specific people, such as a firefighter or the Lone Ranger); and (3) games (in the first years of school,
What are the 3 core principles to Mead’s theory?
Herbert Blumer came up with three basic principles for his theory. Meaning, Language, and Thought. These three principles lead to conclusions about the creation of a persons self and socialization into a larger community.
What is Mead’s game stage?
The Game Stage.
Mead referred to the “generalized other” as all of the roles in society. He used the term “game stage” because he noticed that when children begin to play sports, they become aware of the different positions each person has to play. They must anticipate what each player will do when a play occurs.
What is Mead’s preparatory stage?
Mead theorized that there are three stages of self-development that we pass through during childhood: Preparatory Stage (about age two or less): Children copy, or imitate, the behaviors of others around them without sophisticated understanding of what they are imitating.
Which of the following stages of George Herbert Mead’s children are taking on the role of others and realize the importance of playing by the rules?
The game stage enables understanding and taking the role of the generalized other , people who don’t have close ties to a child but who influence her or his internalization of society’s norms and values.
What is Mead’s I and me theory?
Mead conceptualizes the mind as the individual importation of the social process. This process is characterized by Mead as the “I” and the “me. ” The “me” is the social self and the “I” is the response to the “me. ” The “I” is the individual’s impulses. The “I” is self as subject; the “me” is self as object.
What was George Herbert Mead’s greatest contribution to the understanding of the self?
To social psychology, Mead’s main contribution was his attempt to show how the human self arises in the process of social interaction. He thought that spoken language played a central role in this development.
