- A set of relatively stable perceptions that each of us holds about ourselves is called:
- Self-esteem
- Self-image
- Self-disclosure
- Self-concept
- ________ refers to how we develop an image of ourselves from the way we think others view us
- Reflected appraisal
- Self-esteem
- Social comparison
- Significant others
- A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:
- You think someone else has low [or high] expectations of you.
- You lack the knowledge or skill to complete a task.
- Someone else asks you to complete a task you are good at, but don’t want to do.
- Your expectation of an outcome, and subsequent behavior, makes the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true.
- Which of the following is a physiological influence on our perception:
- Hair color
- Age
- Shoe size
- Religious affiliation
- We organize our perceptions of other people using perceptual schema, cognitive frameworks that allow us to give order to the information we have selected. One specific perceptual schema, interaction constructs, refers to:
- Internal states of mind and dispositions
- Social position: student, attorney, wife, etc.
- Social behavior: friendly, helpful, aloof, etc.
- People’s appearance
- Personal stories that we and others create to make sense of our personal world are called:
- Narratives
- Self-concept
- Attributions
- Stereotypes
- Some of the biggest problems that interfere with understanding and agreement arise from errors in the process of attaching meaning to behavior. This process is known as:
- Self-serving bias
- Attribution
- Empathy
- Stereotyping
- Sociologist Erving Goffman coined the term _______to describe the verbal and nonverbal ways we act to maintain our own presenting image and the image of others.
- Face
- Identity management
- Facework
- Sympathy
- Which of the following is an advantage of computer-mediated communication [CMC] in impression management?
- There is no way to present false or dishonest information using CMC.
- Everyone who uses CMC is a high self-monitor.
- People who use CMC only have one identity to manage.
- CMC allows the sender to say difficult things without forcing the receiver to respond immediately.
- There are two reasons why we manage our identities: to follow social norms and ________.
- To accomplish personal goals.
- To make someone else happy.
- To try out a different identity.
- To break social norms.
Answer: D
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Answer: A
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Answer: D
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Answer: B
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Answer: C
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Answer: A
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Answer: B
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Answer: C
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Answer: D
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Answer: A
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What term to describe the behaviors we use to project our desired public image to others to maintain 3 different types of needs?
Impression management is a conscious or subconscious process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person, object or event by regulating and controlling information in social interaction.
What is the term used to describe the idea that our self image is the result of how we think other people view us?
The looking-glass self describes the process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them. Using social interaction as a type of “mirror,” people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behavior.
Which term describes our subjective personal evaluation of our self
Self-esteem describes a person's overall subjective sense of personal worth or value.
Are more direct than equivocating and seek the desired response from a person?
Hinting is more direct than equivocal language and seeks to get the desired response from the other person. The ethics of evasion – there are instances when hints, benevolent lies, and equivocations are ethical alternatives to self-disclosure.