Chapter Outline

I. Intellectual Roots

A. Behaviorism

B. Pragmatism

C. Biographical Sketch

D. Dialectics

II. Priority of the Social

III. The Act

A. Stages

1. Impulse

2. Perception

3. Manipulation

4. Consummation

B. Gestures

C. Significant Symbols

IV. Mental Processes and the Mind

A. Intelligence

B. Consciousness

C. Mind

V. Self

A. Child Development

1. Play Stage

2. Game Stage

3. Generalized Other

4. "I" and "Me"

VI. Society

VII. Dialectical Thinking

VIII. Summary