SOC 210 Discussion Group 3: What Makes the Self Social?

SOC 210 - DISCUSSION GROUP 3
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The concept of self-social is linked to various sociological theories that express the consciousness of thoughts about oneself. Being aware of oneself is gotten from what others perceive the individual as. There are theories like the Looking Glass Self-Theory, the Concept Of “Me” and” I” and the Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, that would answer the question of what makes the self-social and this essay will discuss these theories in relation to self-social.
Cooley’s concept of the looking glass self-theory asserts that the way other people perceive an individual, is the way they gather information about the individual. Peoples` identity grows from the social interactions they have. People in the immediate surrounding are reflectors of one’s own images. So people can imagine how they appear to others then what judgments the others make about them and finally these people would imagine how the others f...