Thursday, December 20, 2007

Interpretive Questions for The Social Me

1. Can someone have a personal code of honor, according to James?

2. Who is more important in forming the social me: oneself or others?

3. Is there a "real me" apart from my social selves?

4. Does a hermit have a social self?

5. Is good behavior always an attempt to gain recognition from one group or another?

6. Does James believe that there can be a moral code that applies to all people despite their different social selves?

7. When James says we seek "recognition," does he mean acceptance by some group? (39)

8. Why do our different selves justify different standards of conduct? How do we resolve the conflicts imposed by our different social selves?

9. Is recognition by others within our control, according to James?

10. Are your soical selves created byyou or imposed by society?

11. Is James suggesting that the social self depends more on how groups of people see me rather than on how individuals see me?

12. Why does James call a person's social selves a "division of labor"? (40)

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