Three Questions to this Prompt : 1. Think about a culture or subculture that you belong to. How would symbolic interactionists describe that culture or subculture with regards to how it has helped you develop a sense of self? What processes did you go through to obtain the beliefs of that culture or subculture? What specific elements of that culture or subculture strongly correlate with elements of your sense of self? 2. What would symbolic interactionists describe as involved in “becoming a human being”? What qualities and skills do we need to acquire in order to be considered fully human? Where specifically do these qualities and skills come from? What processes are involved in developing these qualities and skills? 3. After analyzing people for many years, Harry Stack Sullivan, a famous philosopher and psychiatrist, concluded that “individuality is an illusion”. Using terms and concepts from the chapter, explain why symbolic interactionists would agree that individuality is an illusion.
