What is the term Mead used for the inner dialogue that involves testing alternatives, rehearsing actions, and anticipating reactions before responding?
Explanation
This question assesses the understanding of the specific term Mead used for the reflective thought process that precedes action, distinguishing it from related concepts like role-taking and the looking-glass self.
Other questions
Who is credited with coining the term 'symbolic interactionism' based on George Herbert Mead's work?
What are the three critical human characteristics that, according to George Herbert Mead's book, are developed through symbolic interaction?
Herbert Blumer articulated a specific number of core principles for symbolic interactionism. How many principles did he state?
According to Blumer's second premise of symbolic interactionism, where does meaning come from?
The puzzle about the surgeon who cannot operate on their son highlights that the words we use often carry what?
What is the concept of the 'looking-glass self,' which Mead incorporated into his theory?
In Mead's theory, the 'I' is to the subjective self as the 'me' is to the:
What is the 'generalized other' in symbolic interactionism?
The story of Cody's military basic training, where mantras like 'BLOOD, BLOOD, BLOOD, MAKES THE GREEN GRASS GROW' were repeated, is used to illustrate how:
What is the research method that Mead advocated for, which involves researchers systematically sharing in the lives of the people they study?
The tendency for our expectations to evoke responses in others that confirm what we originally anticipated is known as:
In the critique section, symbolic interactionism is said to fail as an interpretive theory on which criterion because it says little about power, domination, or emotion?
According to the critique, what is a primary reason that Symbolic Interactionism lacks aesthetic appeal?
Emmanuel Levinas' concept of the 'ethical echo' refers to what responsibility?
What is the key difference between how Mead and Levinas believe the 'I' (or self) is constructed?
The interactionist revision of the stimulus-response model inserts what crucial middle term?
Symbolic interactionists believe that language is the software that activates what?
Mead's concept that human beings have a unique capacity to mentally put themselves in the place of others and act as they would act is called:
According to the chapter, why is it impossible to ever fully know your 'I'?
Erving Goffman's concept of social interaction as a 'dramaturgical performance' is presented as an application of which symbolic interactionist idea?
The story 'Cipher in the Snow,' about a boy who is treated as a nonentity and eventually dies, is used as an example of what concept?
Saul Alinsky's community organizing technique, which involved selecting a symbol like 'Rats as big as cats,' is an example of what application of symbolic interactionism?
What is the final caution the author gives regarding symbolic interactionism's claim about language distinguishing humans from animals?
Symbolic interactionists are united in their disdain for what kind of thinking?
The 'Sampler of Applied Symbolic Interaction' section of the chapter lists a specific number of separate applications. How many applications are listed?
In the story of Glynka and the high school class ring, the ring functioned as what?
What is the key insight from the study of deaf children regarding language and cognitive development?
According to the critique section, how many of the six criteria for good interpretive theories does symbolic interactionism fail to meet well?
Mead was a social activist and pragmatist who shared an applied approach to knowledge with which renowned philosopher?
The example of name-calling (e.g., 'dummy,' 'slob') is used to illustrate that labels can be devastating because they:
According to the chapter, symbolic interaction is not just talk, but rather the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of what?
What does the story of Trudy the bag lady from 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe' underscore?
Mead believed that symbolic naming is the basis for what?
Sociologist Thomas Scheff's explanation of the genius of composers like Beethoven uses Mead's distinction between the 'I' and the 'me' to argue what?
Unlike most sociologists, how did Mead view society?
Levinas' concept of the 'Face of the Other' functions as a human signpost that points to what?
What is the judgment of sociologist Sheldon Stryker regarding Mead's ideas when viewed as an objective theory?
The chapter argues that we develop a 'universe of discourse' only through what activity?
Why did Mead dismiss the idea that we can get glimpses of who we are through introspection?
According to the chapter, George Herbert Mead is best known by which academic field, despite teaching in a philosophy department?
What does the Mead-Cooley hypothesis claim?
The 'I' aspect of the self is described as spontaneous, novel, unpredictable, and what else?
According to the chapter, symbolic interactionists believe that without talk, what would not exist?
The chapter presents a critique of symbolic interactionism from an ethical perspective by introducing the work of which philosopher?
What is the true test of any theory, according to the pragmatist approach shared by Mead and Dewey?
Symbolic interactionists would argue that a deaf infant who is not taught sign language might suffer from arrested cognitive development because they lack:
The phrase 'society-in-the-making' best captures Mead's view of society as:
According to Ron Arnett's interpretation of Levinas, how will our interpersonal communication be characterized if we follow Levinas' lead?
What is the interactionist explanation for why the self is always in flux?