knowverseThe looking-glass self is Cooley's idea that we form our self-image by seeing ourselves through the reactions and feedback of others. The quiz covers social roles, role performance, socialization, internalization, the generalized other, plausibility structures, and degradation ceremonies. Try the questions to check your understanding.
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A social role acts like a script provided by society for individuals who hold a specific social status.
A social role is essentially a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social status.
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These expectations are learned from the surrounding society through a continuous process of observation and feedback.
These expectations for roles are learned from the society around us through a constant process of observation and feedback.
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Role performance is how an individual actually carries out a role, bringing their own personality and background to the position.
This brings us to role performance: the way in which a person actually plays a particular role.
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Cooley argued that we form our self-image by seeing ourselves through the reactions and feedback of others.
Cooley argued that we do not see ourselves directly. We see ourselves through the reactions of the people around us.
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Socialization is the continuous social process through which people learn culture and develop their human potential.
Sociologists call this journey socialization. It is the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture.
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Internalization involves taking social norms and making them part of your own personality so they feel like the right way to behave.
Internalization is the process of taking social norms and making them part of your own personality.
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Primary socialization occurs during early childhood when bonds are strong and the child has no prior framework to question the lessons.
Primary Socialization is uniquely intense because the child has no previous knowledge to compare it to.
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The Generalized Other represents society as a whole, acting as an internal audience that reflects common cultural expectations.
Sociologists call this invisible audience the Generalized Other, which represents the common expectations of our society.
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Plausibility structures are social settings that offer the necessary confirmation to keep an identity or belief feeling real.
Sociologists call the specific social environments that support and confirm our beliefs and identities Plausibility Structures.
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Degradation ceremonies are rituals designed to dismantle an individual's previous identity before building a new institutional self.
These are rituals designed to strip away a person's current identity and replace it with a new, institutional one.
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When people walk into a hospital, they expect the person in the white coat to ask about health rather than pizza. This expectation exists because that individual occupies a specific social status as a doctor.
Because they hold that status, society provides a set of behaviors and obligations known as a social role. Think of it as a script that outlines what is expected from someone in that position.
These expectations for roles are learned from the society around us through a constant process of observation and feedback. This feedback loop acts as a form of social control that keeps behavior predictable.
A social role is essentially a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social status.
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People do not see themselves directly in isolation. Instead, sociologists describe identity as a social construct created and maintained through daily interactions with other people.
Charles Horton Cooley argued that we see ourselves through the reactions of the people around us. Our self-concept is built upon how we perceive those reflections from our social world.
Significant others like parents, teachers, and close friends have a massive impact on our self-concept. Because we care about their opinions, we often change our behavior to keep their positive feedback.
Cooley argued that we do not see ourselves directly. We see ourselves through the reactions of the people around us.
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Sources: The Individual in Society. Each question or step includes an excerpt from the course.
