Sumblog #8 "I" "Me" "Self"

In this week’s classes we discussed George Herbert Mead’s concepts of “I” and “Me” while also discussing “Self.”  The concept “Me” can be seen of how someone wants someone to see them and “I” is how the person really acts. I liked how we use the liar liar video to explain it better. Jim Carry was showing his real “I” toward his boss because he could tell a lie. When in reality he would have put on his “Me” personality to filter what he was actually thinking about saying. There are a million situations that people use “Me” instead of “I” and I liked how we compared it to Facebook. I feel as if Facebook it a place where people can us “I” more often. For example, people on Facebook aren’t afraid to start fights or call someone pretty or ugly. In real life people usually aren’t that confident. There also can be the duality of the self; this was seen with the Stanford Prison Experiment. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a group of college student who were put into a prison setting and were forced to act like they actually committed a crime. Well by the end the students began to change into thinking they are actually apart of the prison. It is crazy to think that this can happen to anyone. Some people can change because of their job; they seem to start thinking that it is the most important thing and start to lose their sense of self.  Finding one’s self can be challenging to many people because they can feel lose and feel as if they don’t mean anything to anyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNC9cc5ZsyU

I posted a video about how people see themselves and how they think others view them. It explains some concepts of self and how people have different a “self.”