 Dear students, in this module, we are going to talk about one of an important symbolic interactionist, C. H. Cooley, and his theory of looking-glass self. It's an important contribution for the process of socialization. The looking-glass self refers to the idea that our sense of self develops through our interactions with other people. We imagine how we appear to others, interpret their reactions, and then develop our sense of self based on those interpretations. What are we? How do we feel about ourselves? How do we develop what we call ourselves? This is a very interesting concept that C. H. Cooley helps you to understand that when you have a mirror in front of you and you are looking at yourself in the mirror, the atmosphere is actually your mirror. And as the atmosphere labels you, tells you, comments on you, the kind of feedback it provides, your self-development continues. The way society perceives you and gives feedback about you, it is considered important for yourself and then you have that impression that this is how I should be. In Pakistan, the looking-glass self might be seen in the importance placed on social status and reputation and the ways in which individuals present themselves to others. So when we talk about reputation, we see what is important for us, how important our status should be, we are very conscious about our class and our cast in Pakistan, and all these things become a part of our personality. Why? Because the atmosphere makes you feel its significance or importance. The atmosphere is your looking-glass self, it is your mirror. You see your acts in that atmosphere and perceive yourself in such a way that the way the atmosphere thinks about me, I have to act in the same way, I have to react, I have to behave, and in the same way I have to make my personality. So Cooley believes that our sense of self is constantly evolving and is influenced by the feedback we receive from the others. So this is not stagnant, it does not stop at one place, it is a continuous process, the atmosphere provides us with feedback based on our actions and practices and as our practices and actions change, the feedback of the atmosphere also keeps changing and in the same way those changes become a part of our personality or our self. So in this approach, socialization into the self and mind is viewed as a social process that is continuously shaped and reshaped by our interactions with others. Since our interaction is limited in our childhood, our peer group or our family group is limited, so our personality develops in the same way. But as we grow up, we come into an external environment, we come into a school culture, we are connected to other institutions, so the mirror we judge is expanding, our context is expanding, so the same things become a part of our personality and social self. So Cooley believes that society is a kind of looking glass self in which an individual views himself or herself and develops his own personality. Thank you.