1. Looking Glass Self
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
What does she mean by this?
Is this true?
When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, are you dressing for yourself or for others see you?
If not for rules and expectations, would you dress differently than you do? How and why?

2. Cooley and Looking-glass Self
Looking-glass self: a self-concept based on our idea of others’ judgments of us.
(1) We Imagine How We Appear to Others
I’m Very Cool
(2) We Interpret Others’ Reactions
Do you like me?
(3) We Develop a Self-Concept
Positive and Negative

7. Mead and Role Taking “I” versus “Me”
Self Concept – An image of yourself as having an identity separate from other people.
What is the difference between I and Me?
I is how you see yourself. I does the action. I is spontaneous
Me is myself and how others see me. Me receives the action
Role taking allows us to see ourselves through the eyes of someone else.
Walking in someone else's shoes
Significant Others – those people whose reactions are most important to your self concept
Generalized Others- Conception of norms, values, and beliefs of one’s community or society.

8. Socialization into the Self and Mind
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9. Assignment
Identify a song that you like that deals with the topic of a personal relationship.
What are the emotions being expressed and imagine that you have that relationship like the people in the song.
How does what we have discussed come into play?