When Marla gets dressed, she looks at herself in a mirror and reflects on what other people will think about her choice to wear sweatpants to jury duty. She isn't thinking of a specific person's reaction but rather that of people in general. This ability to imagine how society perceives the self is known as

The generalized other

Explanation:

The generalized other can be defined as a way in which a person often think that all their action or behaviour carriedout by him /her attract the attention of people around them towards him/ her in a society because of lack of self confidence which is why such person will often take into account the view point and attitudes of people in the society in whatever he /she does.

Example:A person who has THE GENERALISED OTHER personality will often have the thought that people around them are focusing on them especially when they attend an event in which there is large or huge crowd in which every of their step will focus on people around them. The may tend not to be focus in the event they went to rather they will focus on the people by always looking around to see if someone is talking about them or begin to imagine and perceive about what others think of them in general.

Therefore the ability to imagine how society perceives the self is known as THE GENERALIZED OTHER.

answer; people have no objective standard by which to judge themselves;