Caused American sociology to experience a loss of interest in the larger problems of social order and change, focusing on specific problems.
An economist turned social psychologist. Theorized a self-concept, which is formed in childhood, called the looking glass self
German sociologist, concluded a series of investigations of culture in China, India, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, and the West in an attempt to explain why certain phenomena are unique to Western civilization. Applied to methods of Verstehen
Like other sociologists, considered the self to be a reflection of others. Used the term role-distance to describe the gap between who we are and who we portray ourselves to be