SOC 346 Chapter Reading 2 pt 1/2: Cooley - The Looking Glass Self
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When we think of our bodies, we see it as i as in, it has a social function or significance. Claiming the body as i brings it to the social world and as a result puts our self-consciousness into it. You can bring inanimate objects into the social world as well. E. g. , when you are playing golf you could say: By stating this, you have given this inanimate object a social reference. Individual"s perceive in another"s mind some thought of the person"s appearance, manners, aims, deeds, character, friends, and so on and are variously affected by it. The imagination of our appearance to the other person. The imagination of their judgement of that appearance. The imagined effect of this reflection upon another"s mind.
