In this video, George Cooley’s looking-glass theory is explained. It is explained as “persons self grows out of societies interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.” The video also states that our view of ourselves comes from the impressions of how others see us. It also comes from the contemplation of personal qualities. We also base it off the social interactions that we have with other people. The video points out that there are three concepts. The three concepts are one, we imagine how we present ourselves to others. Two, we imagine how we imagine how we others evaluate us. Three, we develop feelings about ourselves. The video helps the viewers understand by offering an example. The example was about a girl who wears the prettiest dress she has and she thinks it looks beautiful with heels and as she walks down the halls people stare at her. Because people are staring at her, she thinks that they think she looks beautiful and pretty too. So she’s happy but the video says in reality, the girl doesn’t actually know what people think of her or why they were actually staring. The video says that our self esteem really does correlate with what we perceive others think of us. This video ends with tips on how to boost our self-esteem. To boost it, we need to think positive and stop and don’t over think. I believe this video is very helpful because it gives viewers the definition and even goes more into depth. It also gives examples to help people understand better. I would recommend this video to people who want to learn more about the theory. I chose this video because I believe it goes along with what we learned in class. In chapter 4, George Cooley theory is explained in the same way the video explains it to the viewers. The definition that was given to us is the “notion that the self develops through our perception of others’ evaluation and appraisals of us.” Chapter 4 also brought up that the sense of self depends on seeing oneself reflected on the interactions with others. The video also explained that. Chapter 4 goes on about how George Mead expanded his theory. George Mead talks about how this theory is created through social interaction and how it starts at a super early age in life like childhood. I personally think this theory sucks because we shouldn’t care or base how we feel about ourselves on what we think others think of us. We should be able to just be ourselves because we like ourselves. But that’s one of the hardest things to do in life. WORD COUNT: 444
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