feeling
Human connection is a vital part of the human experience
feeling
Human connection is a vital part of the human experience
loneliness
Yes! We all relate to feeling loneliness, but we all have very different interpretations of what loneliness is..
we make predictions about others quickly, based on relatively little information.
Fundamental attribution error!!!
every culture offers its own storehouse of favored narrative forms
this influence the role that the "social actor" plays.
the sense of the self as a social actor begins to emerge around the age of 18 months.
Wow!! this is so early in the human development to be living as an actor playing a part for others.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
(refer to other note)
First, the self may be seen as a social actor, who enacts roles and displays traits by performing behaviors in the presence of others.
I think the word choice here is so interesting. I love the way he compares "self" as an actor (i.e. life as a movie, others as the audience.) It helps us see that the characteristics we display to others as what our "self" is, are similar to those of a movie script.