Exam 2: Identity and the Self

When we fail to take the situation into account when analyzing another person's behavior, we are succumbing to:

Carmen sees herself as an engineer, a cello player, and a Texan. This is all part of her:

According to social identity theory, our self-concept is influenced by our group memberships.

Consider the influencers of identity discussed in the text--family, sex and gender, race/ethnicity, religion, and group membership. How has each of these influenced your own self-concept? Do you find that any of these factors do not influence your identity? Are there additional factors that do?

On social media, we often present:

Consider the fact that our self-concept is resistant to change, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Discuss a time when you or someone you know resisted a challenge to your (or his/her) self-concept. Why was it so difficult? What could you (or he/she) have done differently?

Avni is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers. She has a Packers bumper sticker on her car and often wears her Packers hoodie when it's cold. In the Johari Window, this information about Avni is in the:

While there are many outside influences that work together to create our sense of self, our identity is also influenced by feedback from others based on how we present ourselves.

Bruce is biologically a man but feels like he should be a woman. Bruce would be referred to as:

Ethan excelled as an assistant at his company. When he was promoted, he had difficulty keeping up with the increased workload, and his performance began to suffer. Based on what we know about self-concept, Ethan is most likely to:

Not realizing that his waitress is at the end of a nine-hour shift, Morgan believes that the waitress is slow because she is lazy. This is an example of:

Which of the following would fall into the unknown quadrant in the Johari window?

Religiosity refers to:

Which of the following is NOT part of the Johari Window?

Mia has heard that girls aren't good at math. She got a bad grade on a math test and assumed it must mean that, like other girls, she's not good at math. She began to feel intimidated by math and avoided studying or doing her homework, so her grades began to suffer. This is an example of:

Martin noticed that when he starts to get loud in public, his friends begin to physically distance themselves from him. Based on this reaction, he is working on displaying a calmer demeanor in public. Martin is using the concept of _______ in adjusting his behavior.

Self-concept is fairly fluid--most people's self-concept changes constantly throughout their lives.

Carlie's brothers make fun of the girls on the high school softball team for being masculine. Carlie likes to play softball but sees herself as a feminine girl who likes dresses and makeup. Carlie is likely to:

The Johari Window allows us to use prior experience in quickly assessing a new situation.