CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, individuals develop their concept of self by observing how they are perceived by others, a concept Cooley coined as the “looking-glass self.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The looking-glass self is a social psychological concept created by Charles Horton Cooley in 1902. It states that a person’s self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term looking-glass self was created by American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley in 1902, and introduced into his work Human Nature and the Social Order. It is described as our reflection of how we think we appear to others. Cooley takes into account three steps when using “the looking glass self".

Detailed explanation-4: -A self-idea of this sort seems to have three principle elements: 1) The imagination of our appearance to the other person 2) The imagination of his judgment of that appearance 3) Some sort of self-feeling such as pride or mortification.