looking-glass self
Americannoun
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What do you understand Cooley to mean by the looking-glass self?
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
Cooley's discriminating description of "the looking-glass self" offers a picture of the process by which the person conceives himself in terms of the attitudes of others toward him.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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