Think of a time in your life when your self-concept changed in a significant way. Do you think the shift occurred because others viewed you differently or because you treated others differently? Mead contends that the looking-glass self develops through the way others respond to us; Levinas insists that the identity of our “I” is formed by the way we respond to others. Could Mead and Levinas both be right? Why or why not? OR How might coordination be influenced by differing cultural backgrounds of communicators? Explain and elaborate by using concepts form the theory. "Peer Response Ex": There have been many points in my life where my self concept changed in significant ways. To this day my self concept is continuously changing. One point in my life that sticks out to me is when I went to Sweden in 7th grade with my club soccer team at the time. We traveled to Sweden for the Gothia Cup tournament which is like a youth world cup. This was my first time being out of the country ,and I was able to meet kids from so many different countries. The event that stood out to me while I was there was when we played a team from Africa. They didn't have much of the equipment that we did as a US team. Many of them were using cleats that didn't fit them. They had no shin guards or proper soccer balls. This was a very eye opening experience to me especially as young child. It helped put it into perspective how some things I took for granted other people would be blessed to have. I think this shift mainly occurred because they viewed us differently. They had never met anyone from the US and seemed in awe of some of the resources we had available to us. This was very interesting to me because we were all there for the same reason which was to play soccer. Despite that they had never experienced some of the things we might deem as normal or just part of everyday life. I think both Levinas and Mead could be right about the way our identity forms. I think it is important to both take in how others respond to us ,and the way we respond to others. If you get stuck on just one of these perspectives I feel like you might not always be taking in the full picture. Life can seem to revolve around just us at times. However we have to remember that we are not alone in this world ,and should also take into account the feelings of others. It is important to look at how others respond to us and keep that in mind when thinking about our identity and self-concept. Pick which question (1 or 2) you would like to respond to and your response to a peer.
Think of a time in your life when your self-concept changed in a significant way. Do you think the shift occurred because others viewed you differently or because you treated others differently? Mead contends that the looking-glass self develops through the way others respond to us; Levinas insists that the identity of our “I” is formed by the way we respond to others. Could Mead and Levinas both be right? Why or why not?
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How might coordination be influenced by differing cultural backgrounds of communicators? Explain and elaborate by using concepts form the theory.
"Peer Response Ex": There have been many points in my life where my self concept changed in significant ways. To this day my self concept is continuously changing. One point in my life that sticks out to me is when I went to Sweden in 7th grade with my club soccer team at the time. We traveled to Sweden for the Gothia Cup tournament which is like a youth world cup. This was my first time being out of the country ,and I was able to meet kids from so many different countries. The event that stood out to me while I was there was when we played a team from Africa. They didn't have much of the equipment that we did as a US team. Many of them were using cleats that didn't fit them. They had no shin guards or proper soccer balls. This was a very eye opening experience to me especially as young child. It helped put it into perspective how some things I took for granted other people would be blessed to have. I think this shift mainly occurred because they viewed us differently. They had never met anyone from the US and seemed in awe of some of the resources we had available to us. This was very interesting to me because we were all there for the same reason which was to play soccer. Despite that they had never experienced some of the things we might deem as normal or just part of everyday life.
I think both Levinas and Mead could be right about the way our identity forms. I think it is important to both take in how others respond to us ,and the way we respond to others. If you get stuck on just one of these perspectives I feel like you might not always be taking in the full picture. Life can seem to revolve around just us at times. However we have to remember that we are not alone in this world ,and should also take into account the feelings of others. It is important to look at how others respond to us and keep that in mind when thinking about our identity and self-concept.
Pick which question (1 or 2) you would like to respond to and your response to a peer.
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