What Is Meant by the Looking-Glass Self

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the looking-glass self?

• A)We evaluate ourselves based on how we think we appear to others.
• B)Our self-image is heavily-and often negatively-influenced by the media.
• C)We shape ourselves to fit into certain reference groups.
• D)We "perform" our day-to-day behavior like an actor on a stage.

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Definitions:

Organismic Valuing Process

The process by which we judge experiences in terms of their value for fostering or hindering our actualization and growth.

Masculine Protest

A concept from Adlerian psychology referring to an individual's attempt to compensate for feelings of inferiority by adopting exaggerated traditionally masculine behaviors.

Entropy Principle

In thermodynamics, the entropy principle refers to the natural tendency for systems to move towards disorder or randomness, often applied metaphorically to information and organizational systems.

Inferiority Feelings

The normal condition of all people; the source of all human striving.