Science, technology and society, Lecture notes of Statistics for Psychologists

Download Science, technology and society and more Lecture notes Statistics for Psychologists in PDF only on Docsity! THe'SELF SOCIETY, AND UNDERSTANDING THE SELF R E WHAT IS SELF? ● SELF IS ALWAYS UNIQUE AND HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY ● SELF IS SELF-CONTAINED AND INDEPENDENT ● SELF IS UNITARY IN THAT IS THE CENTER OF ALL EXPERIENCES AND THOUGHTS THAT RUN THROUGH A CERTAIN PERSON ● SELF IS PRIVATE - Is the behavior of Jon acce expected? According to Mauss, every self has two face ' Moi refers to a person's sense of who he is, his body, and his basic identity; his biological givenness. This is a person's basic identity. Personne is composed of the social concepts of what it means to be who he is. It means to live ina particular institution, a particular family, a particular religion, a particular nationality, and how to behave given the expectation and influences from others. - Our personne can be illustrated better cross-Culturally - Language is another interesting aspect of this social constructivism If a self is born into a particular society or culture, the self will have to adjust according to its exposure. THE SELF AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL WORLD Mead and Vygotsky Human persons develop with the use of language acquisition and interaction with others. The way that we process information is normally a form of an internal dialogues in our head. Cognitive and Emotional Development of a child is always a mimicry of how it is done in the social world, in the external reality where he is in. Human mind as something that is made, constituted through language as experienced in the external world and as encountered in dialogues with others. « Notice how little children are fond of playing role play with their toys? - Notice how they make scripts and dialogues for their toys as they play with them? Self in Families The kind of family that we are born in and the resources available to us (human, spiritual, economic) will certainly affect us and the kind of development that we will have as we go through life. Learning, therefore, is critical in our capacity to actualize our potential of becoming humans. In trying to achieve the goal of becoming a fully realized human, a child enters a system of relationships, most important of which is the family. Sonia wrote this letter when she was twenty-one: "lam nothing but a miserable crushed worm, whom no one wants, whom no one loves, a useless creature with morning sickness, and a big belly, two rotten teeth, and a bad temper, a battered sense of dignity, and a love which nobody wants and which nearly drives me insane" Society forces a particular identity unto us depending on our sex and/or gender. Husbands are expected to provide for the family The eldest man in a family is expected to head the family and hold it in. Mothers role of taking care of children Young women are encouraged to act like fine ladies, are trained to behave in a fashion that befits their status as women in society Men are taught to behave like a man, like holding in one’s emotion, being tough, fatalistic, not to worry about danger, and admiration for hard physical labor QUEERS DEMAND The sense of self that is being taught makes sure that an individual fits in a particular environment. This is dangerous and detrimental in the goal of truly finding one's self, self-determination, and growth of the self. Gender has to personally discovered and asserted and not dictated by culture and the society.