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A 7 page overview of these sociologists’ views on cognition and symbolic interactionism. Each of these sociologists saw humans as being superior to other animals because of their ability to learn through interaction, indeed even to shape individual actions and perceptions of the basis of interactions with others in their social group. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Sociologist George Herbert Mead and his student Herbert Blumer have made tremendous contributions to psychology as a whole. Perhaps their most notable contributions, however, lie
in the enhancement of our understanding of cognition and symbolic interactionism (a phrase actually coined by Blumer in 1937 in response to Meads "Mind, Self and Society", first published in
1934). Although there are some subtle differences in their theories, each of these sociologists saw humans as being superior to other animals because of their ability to learn through
interaction, indeed even to shape individual actions and perceptions of the basis of interactions with others in their social group. Mead and Blumer
completed most of their work in the early half of the twentieth century. Each published extensively but, interestingly, Meads books were published after his death. Prior to that
time he had published only articles. Never-the-less, Meads "Mind, Self and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist" (1967) and "Philosophy of the Present" (2002) best encapsulate his
theories on social behaviorism and provide a point of comparison to the theories of Blumer. Blumer would agree with Mead on the most essential points, only differing in subtle
distinctions regarding the importance of interaction of individuals with society. Mead termed his approach to explaining symbolic interactionism which led to social behavior
and perception as "social behaviorism". Social behaviorism was seen as a fluid and changeable process in which the consciousness and self-awareness were controlled by the individual in the interactions
with others in a phase of social organization (Mead, 1967). He writes in "Mind, Self and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist" that the act is thus
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