The self allows the individual to be both subject and object of his or her own actions. Two aspects or alternating phases of self are the I and me. A gesture produced by an individual who takes the role of another and is able to reflect on the significance and outcome of having made this gesture. One in which individual behavior serves as a stimulus for the response of another. The process by which human experience is organized within a context of social interaction.
Emphasis is on the functional and systematic relationships.
An orientation that stresses careful planning and investment so that capital will return the maximum profit. The evaluations made of an individual in terms of positive or negative esteem or honor. Latin term expressing a conception that something is a reality in and of itself and cannot be reduced to its subparts or components without loss or destruction of its most central and fundamental characteristics. The structure of human consciousness. The ability to mentally project oneself into a position where one can imagine how another or others will react to one's behavior.