Exam 5: Identities and Perceptions

In discussing early family influences on identity, it is important to realize:

Identity is exclusively self-determined.

When people fail to act in accordance with the identity they have established, there are no consequences.

If the norm of reciprocity in self-disclosure is violated, the following is likely to happen:

Narratives are important in establishing your identity because they reveal to others:

It is possible to self-disclose too much information in given situations.

Embarrassment, according to Cupach and Metts, occurs when:

During your interactions with others, you will be more likely to pick up on activities that support your views of the world and pay less attention to those that do not. This is an example of:

Explain what your authors mean by saying that your identity is influenced by 'society's secret agents.'

Using language to force others into a certain identity which creates expectations for their behavior is termed:

The term self-description is limited to revelation of private, sensitive, and confidential information relevant to identity.

Define what Erving Goffman meant by the 'front region/back region' aspect of social performance.

The idea of the accountable self indicates:

George Herbert Mead's idea of the 'attitude of reflection' refers to our ability to see ourselves as others see us and the impact this has on our behavior.

Direct challenges to another person's competence, face, or identity are usually offensive.

Performing your 'self' requires:

The idea of the symbolic self indicates:

________ refers to how language can give people an identity and then force them to live up to the description, whether positive or negative.

Explain the concept of identity as the 'symbolic self.'

The earliest important influence on a person's sense of origin and identity is that person's: