Reinterpreting internalization and agency through G.H. Mead's perspectival realism

Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-86

  Martin, Jack ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; G.H. Mead; Internalization; Perspective taking; Social ontology

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33646252682     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091333     Document Type: Review

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