Sociology helps you to turn your gaze at yourself. Which process is b…

What may be of even more interest to you is that sociology can show you what you look like to others; it can teach you how to look at yourself ‘from the outside’. This is called ‘self-reflexivity’, or sometimes just reflexivity. This is the ability to reflect upon yourself and turn your gaze (which is usually directed outward) back towards yourself. But this self-inspection must be critical – i.e., it should be quick to criticise and slow to praise oneself.