1.
Objective:
 Verbalize understandings of the world and
themselves from a social interaction and
how this understandings shape their
subsequent social interactions.
 Demonstrate critical and reflective thought
in analyzing the development of one’s self
and identity by developing a theory of the
self.

2.
Content
 Looking Glass-Self Theory
 I-Me Theory
 Self-concept, self-image, self-identity,
and generalized other

3.
Definition of Terms:
 Generalized other according to Mead, is a
person’s internalized conception of the
expectations and attitudes held by society
(Kornblum, 2012).
 Self-concept, the totality of our beliefs and
feelings about ourselves (Kendall, 2012)

4.
 Self-image is the conceptualization we form in our minds
about the kind of person we are based in large measure on
what we’ve learned from our environment, such as what
other people have told us about ourselves and how they
appeared to respond to us (Simon, 2014).
 Self-identity, an internalized psychic system that integrates
an individual’s inner self and the outer social world into a
congruent whole (Psychology, 2018).

5.
“Selfie”
Instructions:
1. Take a picture of yourself. Silently view your own
picture.
2. Find a partner and exchange selfie photos.
3. Silently view your partner’s digital picture.
4. Answer the questions listed on the table.

6.
A. When you take your selfie. How do you see yourself?
B. When you exchange photos, imagine how:
….you appear to that person?
….that person thinks about you based on how you think you appear to him/her.
….how that person feels about us, based on the judgments made of us.
C. How do you see yourself after reflecting on what you think others see,
think and feel about you?

7.
“Looking-Glass Self”
the reflection of our self
that we think we see
in the behaviors of others around us
- Charles Cooley

8.
According to Cooley, this process has three steps:
1. We imagine how our personality and appearance will
look to other people.
2. We imagine how other people judge the appearance
and personality that we think we present.
3. We develop self-concept.

9.
“I AM WHAT I THINK YOU THINK I AM”
- CH Cooley

10.
“Selfie 2”
Instructions:
1. Have students take out their phones, iPads, or laptops to take a picture
of themselves.
2. The Teacher will ask them a series of (admittedly obvious) questions:
“Who is that a picture of?
“Who took the picture?
“So, what did you just do?”

11.
3. Tell the class, “Now choose someone else in the room,
exchange cellphones with them, and ask them for their
password.”

12.
Process Questions:
At this point, reiterate the questions and answers on #2:
“Who is that a picture of?
Intended response: “Me!”
“Who took the picture?
Intended response: “I did!”
“So, what did you just do?”
Intended response: “I took a picture of myself!”

13.
 What was your immediate reaction when you
were told to exchange cellphone and password?
 How did you deal with the conflict, if there was
any?

14.
 Mead (1934) divided the self into the “I” and the “me”.
The “I” is the subjective element of the self and
represents the spontaneous and unique traits of each
person. The “me” is the objective element of the self,
which is composed of the internalized attitudes and
demands of other members of society and the
individual’s awareness of those demands.

15.
References:
Catalano, L. 2014. Selfies as sociological exercise. Retrieved from
https://thesocietypages.org/teaching/2014/07/30/selfies/ on May 24, 2018.
Isaksen, JV. The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society. Retrieved from
http://www.popularsocialscience.com/2013/05/27/the-looking-glass-self-how-our-self-image-is-
shaped-by-society/ on January 26, 2018.
Kendall, D. 2012. Sociology in Our Times, 8th Ed. Canada: Wadsworth, Cenage Learning.
Kornblum, W. 2012. Sociology in a Changing World. New York: Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning.
Nair, R. 2016. Self-Image and Self-Esteem for a Positive Outlook. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303702365_Self-Image_and_Self-
Esteem_for_a_Positive_Outlook on May 7, 2018.
Simon, G. 2014. Self-Image: How we see ourselves and why it matters. Retrieved from
https://counsellingresource.com/features/2014/07/28/self-image/ on May 25, 2018.
http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/counseling-psychology/identity-development/identity-definition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0BQUa11ek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2GIct0UnQ

16.
Copy and answer 1/2
Identify three persons in your life
who have influenced you a lot.
Explain how and why?