Exam 5: Self and Identity

Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow. A group of neighbors gathered to discuss the strange behavior of another neighbor who had been arrested for a violent crime outside of the neighborhood: the shooting of another driver in a traffic jam.Many were shocked and dismayed to hear of her behavior because she came across as a dedicated family person.She was involved in the neighborhood association and was a member of the local school district's parent-teacher association (PTA).All agreed that she came across as very quiet and reserved,not like a violent criminal,and they cited several examples of her positive behavior. -Given the information in this vignette,which theory or concept best explains the abrupt change in behavior of the neighbor arrested for the shooting?

Rosenberg's early research on mattering found it positively related to __________ and negatively related to __________.

Which theory examines the role of emotions in identity processes?

People generally show favoritism toward people __________ over others.

What code is most often used among modern college students taking the Twenty Statements Test?

Which theory is primarily associated with presentation of identities?

Debating what other people are thinking about you in a public setting is best represented by which term?

Which of the following are elements of identity?

How did Joanne Nagel explain the increase in the number of people identifying themselves as "American Indian" when birth rates stayed the same?

Which of the following groups report the lowest levels of self-esteem?

Schooler and Oates (2001)found that people who work in jobs that require little supervision from others and who engage in intellectually complex tasks have __________ years later than others who perform more mundane work.

Which of the following concepts has the strongest impact on self-esteem?

A first date would most likely be associated with which area of identity?

How do you code the response,"I am an emotional person," according to the Twenty Statements Test?

Which theorist is most associated with impression management?

Match the term to its definition by filling in the letter or letters before the term in the appropriate blank. ____ In social identity theory,the process through which we draw sharp dividing lines between group membership categories and assign people (including ourselves)to relevant categories ____ Part of dramaturgical sociology referring to the place where we present ourselves to others. ____ The part of the self that is active,engaging in interactions with others. ____ Our internalized,stable sense of who we are. ____ Interactionist theory that describes how society shapes our sense of self and how those views affect our behavior. ____ The ways individuals seek to control the impressions they convey to other people. ____ The impression you believe that you are giving. ____ The actual impression the other person has of you. ____ Our perceptions of our ability to control things important to us. ____ Our sense that we are important to other people in the world. ____ The theory based on the principle that we carry self-definitions that match all the categories to which we belong. ____ Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our roles and statuses,such as student,daughter or son,or gender. ____ Information from others about our abilities used to derive mastery. ____ A way of building mastery by seeing other people perform tasks;it shows us that the task is accomplishable. ____ Anything we use to describe our unique qualities. ____ The part of the self that includes an organized set of attitudes toward the self. ____ Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to a holistic description of the self. ____ The study of how we present ourselves,playing roles and managing impressions during interactions with other people. ____ Inferences about our abilities based on our emotional states that we use to build our sense of mastery. ____ Being able to achieve what we start out to do;used in the development of mastery. ____ Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our physical characteristics like hair color or height. ____ Our ability to shift aspects of the self to become more or less important to our overall self-concept. ____ The ways that we believe others view us. ____ Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our feelings and traits like being shy or nice. ____ The internalized expectations associated with different positions. ____ A process in which we construct a sense of who we are through interaction with others. ____ The outcome of the self-process at a given point in time;the sum total of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves as an object. ____ A drive to maintain a consistent sense of self. ____ In social identity theory,the process through which we make comparisons that favor our own groups. ____ The positive or negative evaluation of our self as an object. ____ The desire to maintain positive self-images. ____ Judgments we make of ourselves,based in others' views. ____ A process in which expectations produce a reality consistent with the assumptions. ____ The kind of person we see ourselves and present ourselves as. ____ The use of symbols and language to communicate internally. ____ Observations of our behavior and its consequences. ____ A temporally based sense of who we are. ____ The theory that incorporates elements of symbolic interactionism and identity theory to explain the role of emotion in identity processes. ____ Part of dramaturgical sociology referring to the region where we relax our impression management efforts. ____ Identities related to social groups to which we belong. ____ Using other people as a point of reference for our thoughts,feelings,and behaviors. ____ A form of self-definition used in social identity theory based on our group affiliations. _____ Interactionist theory that argues that individuals have a tendency to seek confirmation of self-meanings _____ The social construction of identities through the use of personal stories.

Research generally shows that people modify their behaviors to __________ their sense of self.

The core principle of identity control theory is __________.

Being a Canadian applies to which aspect of our identity?

Identity theory comes from which social-psychological perspective?