SOC 110 Lecture 6: 6
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The looking-glass self sense of self created through social interaction mirror. Looking-glass self: self derived from perception of others. Stages: 1. imagine how you appear to others. 2)judgement, form some form of judgment with how you think others think of you: evaluation u evaluate that interpretation/judgement. Role taking sense of self consisted of i and me. [i] present at birth , develops first, typically irrational, acting self. doesn"t matter how old u are, i still lashes out. [me] socialized self, developed by role taking. to get from i to me: stages of self. before i or me is fully developed. Sense of self depends on social context, interaction dependent upon particular setting. Being able to control/manipulate others viewpoints of you in that particular social setting. Front stage: most likely to use depression management to control of impression of you of others, public self. more refined etc, putting on an act.
