Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I
Sociological Thinkers: (f) Mead – Self and identity.
| According to Mead the idea of self develops when the individual becomes self-conscious. Explain. | 20 (2022) |
| According to Mead, “We play a key role in our own socialisation.” Explain. | (19/I/2a/20) |
| Write short note: Mead’s notion of self. | (08/1/5b/20) |
| Critically analyses the contributions of G. H. Mead to ‘symbolic interactionism’. | (10/1/4a/20) |
| Critically analyses the contributions of G.H. Mead to ‘symbolic interactionism’. | (13/1/3b/20) |
| Do you think ‘I’ and ‘Me’ are central terms in Mead’s work? | (18/1/1c/10) |
| “Self and Society are twin – born”. Examine the statement of Mead. | (15/1/2c/10) |
| Using Mead’s theory of symbolic interactionism, discuss the stages in the formation of gender identity. | (14/1/4c/10) |