Charles Cooley's Looking Glass Self Theory

Charles Cooley was an American sociologist who created the looking glass theory. The looking glass self theory is about how we see ouselves and how others see us. There were three componets to the looking glass self theory. Cooley’s frist component was, one imagines how they appear to each other. The second was, one imagines the judgment that others may be making regarding that appearance. The last is, one develops a self- image via their relection, that is the judgments or critique of others.
Human beings are influenced by the people that are around them. From the changes of symboles, to the reactions one gain from changes and even in early infancy. The reflections/impressions on humans are gained from others humans in society. Almost everyone

at some point imagined how they look to others, their actions towards others must look, or at some point change due to the judgments of others they interacted with. Most peoples personalities are determined by their ractions to apperance, speech, beliefs and actions.
Cooley thought that the looking glass self theroy was directly related to self-awarness. This comcept was moderaltely related to the psychological concept of projection. The human beings interpret all the reaction of others that they socilize with such as apperance, speech and mannerisms, these are all symboles. Then they project thses intereations unto themselves. That is how one’s self-awarness is infulenced by social responses. Also to some dgree a person can become a reflaction of what they see projected into them by others. This is a summation of the symbolic interations and exchanges between their selves and the others.
If someone where to receive a negative response to their apperarnce form a person they might socialize with, they would begin to view themselves less attractive or apperaling. If someone were to receive a positive response to comedy, they become more engage in these social behaviours. They will mosty likely take pride in their verbal skills. People are somwhat moulded, influenced and sometimes bulit up around the reflections of themselves that they see in others. The use to express these feelings is the realm of symbolic interaction. Not everything is verbal, sometimes it’s a frown, snort of disdain, or look of amusement. These are all symbols which bear greater social meaning.