Social interaction is something so basic, people really do not realize how much they need this to develop. The people around us whether you know them well or not at all affect how we look at ourselves. There are people that perceive themselves as what they think others perceive them as. People need to be careful when it comes to perceiving themselves as what they think others perceive as. Often times, people think they know something about someone or what they are thinking when they it may be the exact opposite of what the person is thinking. A quote in Chapter 5: Learning How to Act in Society of The Engaged Sociologist, I found interesting was “Cooley’s theory can be best summed up this way: ‘I am not what I think I am, and I am not what
