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The Looking-Glass Self

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The looking-glass self, Cooley's concept, is the self formed by imagining how one appears to others and how they judge that appearance.

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A student who believes the class thinks her quick begins to act, and then to think, accordingly.

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The self forms from the imagined judgment, which may be wrong.