George Herbert Mead and Symbolic

Interactionism,

1) the 'Chicago School' as an approach to 'doing' sociology: e.g. SIDEWALK

2) self/identity is socially constructed: symbolic interactionism as a conversation of gestures. Through it, we come to a shared understanding/construction of reality.

--E.G., conversations about movies

--E.G., arguments with loved ones

--E.G., the playground

--counterexample: breaching experiments

3) The multiple self: Modernist view vs Postmodernist view

--example: paul, randy, and mark

4) the "generalized other"

--E.G., learning the rules of baseball

--e.g., membership in a political party

5) "institution:" not a material entity, but "an organization of attitudes which we all carry in us, the organized attitudes of others that control and determine our conduct"

6) more specific properties and practices of the self, according to Erving Goffman:

a) fabricating a pleasing representation of ourselves: “impression management”

b) maintaining our shared reality: studied nonobservance

c) presenting a deeper self: “role performance”

7) the "I" vs. "me" distinction