Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0497 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mead's Theory of the Self
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The idea
George Herbert Mead argued the self is not present at birth but develops through social interaction, above all through language and play.
In practice
A child who can take another person's point of view has acquired something no infant has.
Where people slip
The self is an achievement of interaction, not an inborn possession.
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