Oscar, a Student Teacher, Has Completed His First Week of Teaching

Multiple Choice

Oscar, a student teacher, has completed his first week of teaching middle school mathematics. He received positive feedback from his supervising teachers, and his students are also happy. However, one supervisor made a few sarcastic comments on his teaching methods. Oscar is disturbed by the comments, but his peers advise him not to hinge the analysis of his performance on the negative comments of just one supervisor. Instead, they urge him to consider the collective positive feedback he has received from all the other people involved. According to Mead's theory, Oscar is told to focus on _____.

A) the looking-glass self
B) upward social comparison
C) the generalized other
D) the working self-concept