Explain Cooley’s looking-glass self.

What will be an ideal response?


Cooley argued that an individual gains a sense of his or her social self through primary groups or significant others. Thus, if a child learns how to spell a word correctly and a teacher tells her that she did an excellent job, that child will feel a sense of pride and pleasure. If, however, the child misbehaves in the classroom and the teacher reprimands her, she may feel a sense of shame and embarrassment. Cooley identified this process of obtaining one’s self-image through the “eyes of others” as the looking-glass self.

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