Event Description In my childhood, I have experienced different types of friends from elementary to college. Friends of different personalities that hung out with people of a different crowd at school. For each group of friends, I have a different personality. When I hung out with so called “popular people”, I acted as if having a boyfriend was life, so supportive when they are depressed and act as if drama surrounded me. In which it did because everyone deals with drama no matter who you are or how old you are. Drama follows you everywhere even within the family. I felt like I had to act like a total drama queen and my purpose was to brag about things so I could be just as cool as they were. I felt like if I didn’t they wouldn’t accept me.
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The reflected appraisal process concludes that people come to think of themselves in the way they believe others think of them. Several studies have been conducted on the way reflected appraisal affects various relationships in a person's life. The idea that a person's self-concept is related to what that person perceives as another's opinion usually holds more weight with significant others. Parents, teachers, and peers often have more influence than a stranger on a child's developing self-esteem. Study of this topic has led to the realization that people sometimes tend to anticipate what will happen in the future based on a previous perception. Charles H. Cooley was the first to describe the process of reflected appraisal when he discussed his concept of the "looking-glass self." He gave three steps by which people determine personal feelings of self-esteem. First, people imagine how others see them. Then, they imagine how others evaluate them. After such deliberation, people then feel good or bad about themselves based on their observation. (Hindman and Wilborn, …show more content…
I can say it really interested me because I knew it would be about myself. Most of the decisions I am making right now in my life is mainly about me. The Reflected Appraisal theory is mainly how people in the world may see us and how it make us feel. Even in social psychology, the reflected appraisal process is considered one of the influences on the development of self-concept. The term refers to a process where we imagine how other people see us. In many instances, the way we believe others perceive us is the way we perceive ourselves.(Cherry,2015) I feel like the theory really gives a good example of how I am feeling and thinking when it comes to meeting new and speaking to them. Not just me but many other people will get a chance to see the way they pick and choose the friends they hang out
The reflected appraisal process concludes that people come to think of themselves in the way they believe others think of them. Several studies have been conducted on the way reflected appraisal affects various relationships in a person's life. The idea that a person's self-concept is related to what that person perceives as another's opinion usually holds more weight with significant others. Parents, teachers, and peers often have more influence than a stranger on a child's developing self-esteem. Study of this topic has led to the realization that people sometimes tend to anticipate what will happen in the future based on a previous perception. Charles H. Cooley was the first to describe the process of reflected appraisal when he discussed his concept of the "looking-glass self." He gave three steps by which people determine personal feelings of self-esteem. First, people imagine how others see them. Then, they imagine how others evaluate them. After such deliberation, people then feel good or bad about themselves based on their observation. (Hindman and Wilborn, …show more content…
I can say it really interested me because I knew it would be about myself. Most of the decisions I am making right now in my life is mainly about me. The Reflected Appraisal theory is mainly how people in the world may see us and how it make us feel. Even in social psychology, the reflected appraisal process is considered one of the influences on the development of self-concept. The term refers to a process where we imagine how other people see us. In many instances, the way we believe others perceive us is the way we perceive ourselves.(Cherry,2015) I feel like the theory really gives a good example of how I am feeling and thinking when it comes to meeting new and speaking to them. Not just me but many other people will get a chance to see the way they pick and choose the friends they hang out