Define the “I” and the “me” in your own words and provide a concrete example of a situation where both would come into play.
What will be an ideal response?
The “I” reacts or answers to the “me,” the phase of the self that one is conscious of. The individual is aware of the “I” of the present moment only as it passes into memory, into the “me.” For Mead, it is this spontaneous, unpredictable aspect of the self and social interaction that sparks personal and cultural innovation.
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a. more apt to give up on parenting as soon as it gets hard b. less emotionally involved c. more emotionally involved d. less likely to keep a record of his children's choices
By the age of 21, Millennials are thought to have spent the most time on which two forms of media?
A. video games and cell phones B. television and video games C. cell phones and books D. books and video games
Explainthe accumulative nature of prestige and provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
__________ view families as permeable, capable of being diffused or invaded so that their original purpose is modified.
A. Postmodernists B. Functionalists C. Symbolic interactionists D. Conflict and feminist theorists