In his 1902 book Human Nature and the Social Order, this sociologist theorized an idea that a person bases his self-concepts on how others judge or perceive that person.
This thinker wrote that Herbert Spencer was not well suited to observe mankind because he was "deficient inÂ…sympathetic qualities." He developed one theory by looking at how his child used the word "I," which unlike the word "apple," becomes "different for every user of the word." This man's thesis was a study of transportation routes and how cities ended up on the confluence of such routes. It is often theorized that this man suffered from crippling neuroses thanks to obtaining his PhD at same university where his famous father, Thomas, worked as the dean of the law school. In his 1902 book Human Nature and the Social Order, this sociologist theorized an idea that a person bases his self-concepts on how others judge or perceive that person. This thinker is best known for proposing the theory of the "looking glass self." For 10 points, name this sociologist and son of the namesake of a law school located in western Michigan.
This thinker wrote that Herbert Spencer was not well suited to observe mankind because he was "deficient inÂ…sympathetic qualities."
Charles Cooley