Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0498 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The I and the Me
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The idea
Mead divided the self into the I, the spontaneous acting subject, and the me, the internalized expectations of others.
In practice
The impulse to speak up in a meeting is the I; the pause weighing how it will land is the me.
Where people slip
Neither half is the real self; the self is the ongoing exchange between them.
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