The ' I ' and the ' me ' are terms central to the social philosophy of George Herbert Mead, one of the key influences on the development of the branch of sociology called symbolic interactionism. The terms refer to the psychology of the individual, where in Mead 's understanding, the "me '' is the socialized aspect of the person, and the "I '' is the active aspect of the person.
which theorist is associated with the concepts of me and i
George Herbert Mead