Practice mode Personality

Which sociologist drew a distinction between significant others and the generalised other?

Correct answer D. George Herbert Mead

Explanation

George Herbert Mead argued that children first imitate specific significant others, such as parents, and later learn to take the attitude of the generalised other, meaning society's general expectations.

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