GCU Sociological Schools of Thought & Erving Goffman & George Mead Theories Paper

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Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words in which you:

  1. Describe each of the three major schools of thought, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory.
  2. Compare and contrast how each of the three perspectives would explain the existence and nature of the following aspects of society: a) the family and b) the criminal justice system.
  3. Explain how these parts of society come into being in the first place, why they are needed by a society, and how they change in a given society as time goes by
  4. Include four to five credible sources that support the content of your paper.

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magine you are preparing to give a 10-minute lecture on George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman. Prepare speaker notes of 750-1,000 words that you would use for this presentation. Include a basic summary of the theories proposed by each theorist, and a comparison of the similarities and differences between these two theorists. Make sure to include two to three peer-reviewed sources to support the information in your lecture.

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Erving Goffman and George Mead's Sociological theories

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Erving Goffman and George Mead's Sociological theories
Goffman and Mead are among renowned sociologists who tried to explain social
interactions and self-identity. While both share some aspects, their theories somewhat differ.
This presentation relates the two theorists perspectives about social interactions and then
compares and contrasts their views.
Summary of Goffman's 1959's The Presentation of Self in Everyday life theory
[Dramaturgy]


Goffman's theory of dramaturgy asserts that our interactions with other people impact
our daily lives. According to Weidner (2009), these interactions affect our identities,
essentially the character[s] we play as actors in life.



Socialization encompasses the means through which we play the roles others assign
us. These characters, as Goffman asserted, have a foundation in the social
establishments. When individuals go before others, the people they meet always seek
to know more about them to know who they are dealing with.



When before others, individuals usually have two stages, the front and the backstage.



Most of everyday's life involves actions on the front stage, and the backstage is
where we assume our real selves while preparing for front stage presentation.
According to Weidner (2009), Goffman perceived that as social creatures, what
everything human beings are and do depends on social establishments.



Goffman believed that the interaction between people in such establishments is where
people found a definition of selves.



However, a point worth noting is that front stage presentation involves a lot of
impression management. We create a good impression of Self and even employ "Sign

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vehicles" such as appearances, social settings and interaction manners in the process
of interacting with others. Essentially, a social setting is where the interaction occurs,
defining a person's social status, personal life, or race. How one appears before others
create big impressions.
George Mead's Theory


Mead believed that individuals developed images of Self through their interactions
with others. According to Aboulafia (2020), Mead believed that the "self"—a part of
an individual's personality comprised of self-image and self-awareness, was a social
experience's product. According to Meads, there are ways through which the Self
develops.



Aboulafia (2020) mentions that the first way to tell how the Self develops was
through social experience:
1. The social experience is the cause of self-development. Mead rejected
Freud's perception that biological drives partly influences people’s
personalities.
2. Second, Mead asserted that social experience involves symbols' exchange,
primarily the language and other symbols to convey a certain meaning.
3. Third, Mead believed that it was critical to imagine the particular situation
from those individuals' perspectives or points of view to know other
people's intentions about you.



One had to envision the Self as others would understand their intentions. Worth noting is
that Mead was keen to distinguish "I" and "Me" concepts which he termed as "phases of
self" (Aboulafia, 2020). The "I" Self is the action ini...


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