If a College Student Plans to Go to Graduate School

Multiple Choice

If a college student plans to go to graduate school because she thinks of herself as having excellent critical thinking skills and a brilliant mind, where would Charles Cooley's theory of the looking-glass self suggest that she got these ideas?

A) Cooley would argue that these ideas are mostly genetic, part of the structure of her personality that she was born with.
B) Cooley would argue that she got the ideas as a child.
C) Cooley would argue that these ideas came from fellow students and teachers expressing admiration.
D) Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the ease with which she understood new ideas.
E) Cooley would argue that these ideas came from the inherent confidence that comes with truly exceptional mental abilities.