Question

Imagine a child who consistently gets mediocre grades and is often picked last for team games. He likes to make silly jokes and play pranks and he notices that people laugh when he does so. The child starts to think that others are laughing with him, not at him. This is part of the process that Charles Cooley called

Answer 1

the looking-glass self

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the looking-glass self, a person will develop their identity according to how the society and the people in it perceive them.

In the example above, the child who are mediocre in every other aspects found a positive reactions that he decided to make jokes and play pranks.

The positive reaction will most likely him feel good about himself and he decided to form their identity as the 'funny one' in order to fit it with the rest of the group.