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    The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society Cooley ́s concept of the looking glass self states that a person's self-image comes from their interactions with others and their perception of how others see them, not from who they truly are. People form their self-concept based on how they believe others perceive them. As children, how important people see us, such as parents and relatives, shapes the expectations they have for us and our own self-image. This process continues into adulthood, where our closest relationships and how we believe others see us influences our projected self-image.

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    The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society Cooley ́s concept of the looking glass self states that a person's self-image comes from their interactions with others and their perception of how others see them, not from who they truly are. People form their self-concept based on how they believe others perceive them. As children, how important people see us, such as parents and relatives, shapes the expectations they have for us and our own self-image. This process continues into adulthood, where our closest relationships and how we believe others see us influences our projected self-image.

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    The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society Cooley ́s concept of the looking glass self states that a person's self-image comes from their interactions with others and their perception of how others see them, not from who they truly are. People form their self-concept based on how they believe others perceive them. As children, how important people see us, such as parents and relatives, shapes the expectations they have for us and our own self-image. This process continues into adulthood, where our closest relationships and how we believe others see us influences our projected self-image.

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    The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society Cooley ́s concept of the looking glass self states that a person's self-image comes from their interactions with others and their perception of how others see them, not from who they truly are. People form their self-concept based on how they believe others perceive them. As children, how important people see us, such as parents and relatives, shapes the expectations they have for us and our own self-image. This process continues into adulthood, where our closest relationships and how we believe others see us influences our projected self-image.

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    The Looking Glass Self: How Our Self-image is Shaped by Society

    Cooley´s concept of the looking glass self, states that a person’s self grows out of a
    person´s social interactions with others. The view of ourselves comes from the
    contemplation of personal qualities and impressions of how others perceive us. Actually,
    how we see ourselves does not come from who we really are, but rather from how
    we believe others see us.
    The main point is that people shape their self-concepts based on their understanding of
    how others perceive them. We form our self-image as the reflections of the response
    and evaluations of others in our environment. As children we were treated in a variety of
    ways. If parents, relatives and other important people look at a child as smart, they will
    tend to raise him with certain types of expectations. As a consequence the child will
    eventually believe that he is a smart person. This is a process that continues when we
    grow up. For instanse, if you believe that your closest friends look at you as some kind
    of superhero, you are likely to project that self-image, regardless of whether this has
    anything to do with reality.
    The concept of the looking glass-self theory constitutes the cornerstone of the
    sociological theory of socialization. The idea is that people in our close environment
    serve as the “mirrors” that reflect images of ourselves. According to Cooley, this
    process has three steps. First, we imagine how we appear to another person.
    Sometimes this imagination is correct, but may also be wrong since it is merely based
    on our assumptions. Second, we imagine what judgments people make of us based on
    our appearance. Lastly, we imagine how the person feels about us, based on the
    judgments made of us. The ultimate result is that we often change our behavior based
    on how we feel people perceive us.

    What is Dramaturgy?

    “Dramaturgy is a vital idea. Its general definition encompasses almost the whole of theatrical
    activity, but in the context of what dramaturgs do, dramaturgy is a comprehensive
    exploration of the context in which the play resides. The dramaturg is the resident
    expert on the physical, social, political, and economic milieus in which the action takes
    place, the psychological underpinnings of the characters, the various metaphorical
    expressions in the play of thematic concerns; as well as on the technical consideration
    of the play as a piece of writing: structure, rhythm, flow, even individual word choices.

    There are different sort of dramaturgs, with varying responsibilities, though few
    dramaturgs are of a pure type; most overlap categories. The institutional dramaturgs
    help find and select plays to be produced, while the education dramaturg prepares
    activities and materials for school group and leads audience discussions.

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