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Understanding Self Through Society

The document discusses how social interaction and external realities shape human development and the self. It provides context on the social constructionist perspective through examples like the story of Tarzan, who grew up without human social interaction. The key ideas are that humans are social beings, the self is dynamic and ever-changing over time and influenced by various social contexts, and that social interaction plays a fundamental role in cognitive development according to social development theory.

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Understanding Self Through Society

The document discusses how social interaction and external realities shape human development and the self. It provides context on the social constructionist perspective through examples like the story of Tarzan, who grew up without human social interaction. The key ideas are that humans are social beings, the self is dynamic and ever-changing over time and influenced by various social contexts, and that social interaction plays a fundamental role in cognitive development according to social development theory.

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Happy Shopee and

Lazada week !
THE SELF, SOCIETY AND
CULTURE
-
Module 1.2

Prepared by: Miss Donna


OBJECTIVES:
- Discuss how the social world shapes the self
- Describe the social constructionist’s perspective
- and Lev
Differentiate the concepts of George Herbert Mead

- Examine one’s self against different views and


concepts of Mead and Lev.
Introduction

“NO MAN IS AN
ISLAND”
DO YOU KNOW
THE STORY OF
THIS MOVIE?
TARZAN STORY

A little boy named Tarzan was


left in the middle of the forest.
Growing up, he never had an
interaction with any other human being
but apes and other animals in the
forest.
REFLECT ON THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
- What is the effect of living in an environment with
no social interaction?
- without interventions?
Do you think you can still develop as a human

- and the self?


What is the relationship between external reality
HUMANS WILL NOT DEVELOP
AS A HUMAN BEING WITHOUT
INTERVENTIONS.
Human beings are
social beings.
We may be gifted with intellect and the
capacity to rationalize things, but at the
end of the day, our growth and
development are truly the product of our
intention with external realities.
WHAT IS
SELF?
The Social Constructivist’s View
The SELF

1. Dynamic

2. Ever
changing
over time
Let us think for a while....”

What is the social


constructionist’s
perspective of the
SELF?
What is the social constructionist’s perspective
of the SELF?
The self capable of....
Fitting Morphing

In various circumstances
Social Self Theory Social Development Theory

 
The “development of the Social interaction plays a
individual’s self, and of
his self- consciousness
fundamental role in the
within the field of his development of cognition.
experience” is
preeminently social. 

George Herbert Mead Ley Vygotsky


The SELF in Families

Genetic influences Learning in the environment


Gender and the SELF
Difference
 
between sex
and gender

Gender Identity and


Expression
Societal expectations and
gender roles
Let’s wrap up !
1.  What do you think has shaped you through the years?

2. Who has influenced you the most in the different


aspects of your life?
3. Are you happy with the way things are going on
in your life? Why/why not/
Activity 2
My Self Through the
Years (picture collage)

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