alleryWho proposed the idea of the 'looking-glass self'?
AGeorge H. Mead
BLev Vygotsky
CErik Erikson
DCharles H. Cooley
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Charles H. Cooley
1. The looking-glass self is the idea that we form our self-image from how others seem to see us.
2. It was introduced by Charles Horton Cooley in Human Nature and the Social Order (1902).
3. Mead, Vygotsky and Erikson are linked with other theories.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Looking-glass self" (rev 1368144958), section "Lead section"_
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