Write an essay on the idea that the self is social or a social phenomenon. In your essay, briefly explain one important reason George Herbert Mead gives for saying the self is social and briefly explain two important reasons Charles Horton Cooley gives for saying the self is social. Finally, what might be one reason a person–you, for example–might have for saying that there is something about the self (about yourself, for example) that cannot be analyzed or understood merely in social terms? Explain.

Write an essay on the idea that the self is social or a social phenomenon. In your essay, briefly explain one important reason George Herbert Mead gives for saying the self is social and briefly explain two important reasons Charles Horton Cooley gives for saying the self is social. Finally, what might be one reason a person–you, for example–might have for saying that there is something about the self (about yourself, for example) that cannot be analyzed or understood merely in social terms? Explain.