George H. Mead

George H. Mead was a pioneering American social psychologist and philosopher who studied how our sense of self and society develop through social interactions. He believed that our identity emerges from engaging with others, especially through communication and shared symbols like language. By interacting with our community, we learn attitudes, norms, and roles, shaping who we are. Mead’s work helped lay the foundation for symbolic interactionism, a sociological perspective that emphasizes the importance of symbolic communication in understanding social behavior and personal identity.