Generalized Role as a Factor Influencing the Learning of Professional Values and Attitudes

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ID2301670
AuthorsJoachim Israel, Per Sjöstrand
Year1968
Volume11
Issue3
Pages177-193
Publication date1968-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000169936801100304
OpenAlexW2035309377
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

The Theoretical Point of Departure In a previous paper the concept was discussed and elaixrated.1) The concept can most easily be explained by reference to G. H. Mead and in analogy to his concept of the other.2) The generalized other can be interpreted as a non-specific norm-sender. An individual can experience expectations directed towards him without being able to identify a specific norm sender. Instead, he may experience that people in general expect him to do certain things.3) A generalized role then comprises all those role-expectations which an individual perceives as directed towards himself as a member of a certain group or as an occupant of a certain position within a social structure, but which do not correspond to factual role-expectations within this given situation. However, they can be traced as belonging to other roles

Analogy · Communication source · Epistemology · Norm (philosophy · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · Computer Science · Higher Education Governance and Development · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Psychology

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