The self is the ability to take oneself as an object. Again, the self arises within the social process. The general mechanism of the self is the ability of people to put themselves in the place of others to act as others act and to see themselves as others see them Mead traces the genesis of the self through the play and game stages of childhood. Especially important in the latter stage is the emergence of the generalized other. The ability to view oneself from the point of view of the community is essential to the emergence of the self as well as of organized group activities. The self also has two phases- the "I", which is the unpredictable and creative aspect of the self, and the "me", which is the organized set of attitudes of others assumed by the actor Social control is manifest through the" me, while the is the source of innovation in society• The self is the ability to take oneself as an object. Again, the self arises within the social process. The general mechanism of the self is the ability of people to put themselves in the place of others, to act as others act and to see themselves as others see them. Mead traces the genesis of the self through the play and game stages of childhood. Especially important in the latter stage is the emergence of the generalized other. The ability to view oneself from the point of view of the community is essential to the emergence of the self as well as of organized group activities. The self also has two phases￾the “ I “, which is the unpredictable and creative aspect of the self, and the “ me “, which is the organized set of attitudes of others assumed by the actor. Social control is manifest through the “me”, while the “I” is the source of innovation in society