Explain the difference between significant others and the generalized other, as outlined by George Herbert Mead.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Significant others: According to George Herbert Mead, these are the specific people who are important in children’s lives, play an intimate role, and whose views have the greatest impact on their self-evaluations. Generalized other: the abstract sense of society’s norms and values by which people evaluate themselves.
KEY: Learning Objective: 4.1: Describe how sociologists theorize the birth of the social self.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Socialization as Symbolic Interaction
Difficulty Level: Medium
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