Exam 2: Communication and Identity: Creating and Presenting the Self

Ming has immigrated to Canada from South Korea and is enrolled in a college nursing program.She experiences very high levels of anxiety about speaking out in comparison to her fellow students who were born and raised in Canada.Why does Ming experience this anxiety?

Which statement best describes a person's self-concept?

Although those around us play a large part in helping us shape our self-concept when we are children,others have little effect on our self-concept once we reach adolescence.

Debbie is stressed at work because she worries that her new boss is going to hate all of her work.She feels very uncomfortable around him and makes lots of mistakes when doing her work when he is around.Which statement best describes Debbie's experience?

Sheena has just graduated from a nursing program and she is starting to look for a job.Sheena decides to delete a number of pictures from her Facebook account where she is partying and she tightens up her privacy settings.What is Sheena engaged in?

Both verbal and nonverbal messages contribute to a developing self-concept.

Goffman used a drama metaphor to discuss identity management.He suggests that each of?us is a kind of playwright,creating our own role in terms of how we want others to see us.Which statement fits with his theory?

The self-concept begins to develop sometime between the ages of two and four years.

Rob has always been quiet and reserved with lots of self-control.Which personality trait does Rob exhibit?

According to the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy,we cannot become what we believe about ourselves.

Ken doesn't like himself and he believes that others don't like them either.Ken has low self-esteem.

The section in your textbook "Alter Egos in a Virtual World" gives two examples of people using digital avatars.What is the main point behind these examples?

Describe a recent self-fulfilling prophecy which you have imposed upon yourself that affects your communication.In what cases have you imposed it? What have the results been? How realistic was the prophecy? Does answering these questions change how you'll talk to yourself in the future? How? Next,describe a self-fulfilling prophecy you have imposed upon another person.How did you communicate it (i.e.,what messages did you send,and what channels did you use)? What effect did your prophecy have upon your partner? Does answering this question affect how you'll communicate with the other person in the future? How?

What are reference groups?

Define self-esteem and self-concept.How are self-esteem and self-concept related?

Lacinda keeps thinking about the time she made a mistake with a client 10 years ago.As a result,she believes that she is a bad at her job.What does this scenario demonstrate?

Andrea believes that she can't trust her colleagues,even though they haven't behaved in a manner that would suggest this is true.Andrea keeps information from her colleagues because she doesn't think she can trust them with it.As a result,her colleagues have started to exclude her when making decisions,and this has a negative impact on Andrea's job.What does this scenario demonstrate?