Which Theorist Argued That Other People Provide Us with a Social

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which theorist argued that other people provide us with a social mirror and that our interpretations of this mirror affect how we see ourselves?

• A) Erving Goffman
• B) Émile Durkheim
• C) George Herbert Mead
• D) Charles Horton Cooley

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Definitions:

African-Americans

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Community Property

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War of 1812

A military conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom and its allies, lasting from 1812 to 1815, largely over issues of trade and maritime rights.

Treaty of Greenville

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