Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0495 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Looking-Glass Self
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The idea
The looking-glass self, Cooley's concept, is the self formed by imagining how one appears to others and how they judge that appearance.
In practice
A student who believes the class thinks her quick begins to act, and then to think, accordingly.
Where people slip
The self forms from the imagined judgment, which may be wrong.
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