Formation of identity

• People also form their identity during socialization who they are, what they like and believe in, and what values they possess. Thus, socialization also builds one's concept of the self. Many sociologists and psychologists have debated about how people develop one's concept of self
• Charles Cooley-"The looking glass (1902)

  Is an american sociologist. His work as one of the important sociological theories concerning the self. He posited the people's perspective and self understanding of the self based on their own perspective of how others view them. What you know of yourself is, therefore, not just a direct contemplation of how you view yourself, but your impression of how other people see or perceive you. The term "looking glass" refers to the self as a product of social interactions
• This involves three phases of looking glass

  1. How you want others to see you
  2. How you imagine other people see you
  3. How you develop feelings about yourself about how other people see you