Theory of self

George Herbert Mead, a sociologist from the late 1800s, is well known for his theory of The Self. According to Mead, “the self begins at a privileged, central position in a person’s world.” ( ) Is difficult to consider the viewpoint of others when we only focus ourselves as everything around us. For example, when you take a photo with your friend, the first time after you get back your camera is to see yourself in the picture without looking at the others first. We tend to place ourselves at the “center of events never entirely disappears.” ( ) The major points of theory that Mead says is three distinct stages of development; self develops as children preponderate the roles of others in their lives. Self, is like a mind, a social emergent. The self is like a special identity that sets us apart from the others. It is not a rigid phenomenon, but continues to develop and change all the way through our lives. ( ) According to Mead, self entails individuals selves are the product of social interaction in term of logical and biological. Self-consciousness, it involved the objectification of self. Self-consciousness is a result of a process in which the person takes the mind-set of others towards them, they attempts to view themselves from the viewpoint of others. ( ) “The objectified self is an emergent within the social structures and processes of human intersubjectivity.” ( ) Moreover, Mead claims that there are three distinct stages to develop self which is The Preparatory Stage, The Play Stage and The Game Stages. The Preparatory Stage, during this stage, children will only imitate people around them especially their family members, relatives and even close friends. As they grow older, they become more skillful in using symbols including the language or gestures that from a basis human communication. By communicating with their friends or family member, they began to understand symbols and they use and they will imitate them and continue to use this form of