The Looking-Glass Self Explains

question 114

Multiple Choice

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 a separate identity.
• D) the process of a self-fulfilling prophecy
• E) why we respond to the generalized other.

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Definitions:

Constant

A fixed value that does not change.

Slope

A measure of the steepness or incline of a line, represented as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Vertical Axis

The vertical number line of a graph along which values of the y-variable are measured; also referred to as the y-axis.

Linear Relationship

The relationship between two variables in which the slope is constant and therefore is depicted on a graph by a curve that is a straight line.