The concept of the looking-glass self explains a. why it is so difficult to see ourselves as others do. b. how we develop a self-concept based on our perceptions of others’ judgments of us. c. how young children come to realize that they have an identity separate from others. d. why we respond to the generalized other.

b. how we develop a self-concept based on our perceptions of others’ judgments of us.

Explanation:

The looking glass self concept is based on how interpersonal interactions influence how a person views himself. This was a concept developed by Charles Horton Copley in 1902.

A husband may view his wife as someone that is not capable of anger tendencies because he has not witnessed such before but his wife's co-worker believes the man's wife is capable of getting really angry because she has seen it happen before. This is an example of the looking glass concept, because the husband views his wife from a certain standpoint but another views her from another stand point.

A child will quickly learn that if he cries he gains the attention of his parents not only when he is hungry or in need of any other thing, so with this knowledge the child cries anytime he wants his parents attention.

The concept of the looking-glass self has three stages:

1. Thinking about how others view us,

2. Judging how that view affects us

3. Develop our self identity based on how we think others view us.

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