Just how does a person arrive at an idea of the kind of person that he is？ He develops thi

s (1)_____ of self through a gradual and complicated (2)_____ which continues throughout life. The notion is an (3)_____ that one establishes only with the help of others. (4)_____ the elementary knowledge that one is short or tall is a comparative judgment that we cannot make (5)_____ we have the opportunity to (6)_____ ourselves with others. One's idea of qualities which are harder to (7)_____ is even more dependent upon other people's ideas.

Whether one is intelligent, or stupid; attractive, or ugly; these and many other ideas of the self are (8)_____ from the reactions of people with whom we (9)_____. This process of (10)_____ the nature of the self from the reaction of others has been labeled the "Looking-glass Self" by Cooley, who carefully analyzed this psychological (11)_____ of self-discovery.

Just as the picture in the mirror gives an image of the physical self, (12)_____ the perception of the reactions of others gives an image of the social self. We know, (13)_____, that we are good at certain things and not at others. This (14)_____ came to us from the reactions of other persons, first our parents and then other individuals (15)_____ in life. It should be remembered that, as other people's reactions could be (16)_____ and understood in more than one way, the looking-glass self with which the individual (17)_____ may easily differ from the image others have actually formed of his (18)_____. Clearly, it is our perception of the responses of others and not their (19)_____ responses that (20)_____ our self-image, and these perceptions are often not accurate.

A．consent

B．label

C．frame

D．concept