He associated himself with the "settlement house" movement and his early work, like the essay "Social Psychology as Counterpart to Physiological Psychology," tried to conceptualize an alternative to imitative learning and argued for a developed self.
He associated himself with the "settlement house" movement and his early work, like the essay "Social Psychology as Counterpart to Physiological Psychology," tried to conceptualize an alternative to imitative learning and argued for a developed self. His most famous idea, best encapsulated in the phrase "the conversation of gestures," [*] was popularized by his disciple Herbert Blumer and argued that people give meaning to the world and work out these meanings through interpersonal contact. FTP identify this social scientist whose works like Mind, Self, and Society gave rise to the doctrine of "symbolic interactionism."
He associated himself with the "settlement house" movement and his early work, like the essay "Social Psychology as Counterpart to Physiological Psychology," tried to conceptualize an alternative to imitative learning and argued for a developed self.
George Herbert {Mead}