Exam 7: Self and Identity

Social identity theorists often study identity threat. Identity threat occurs when:

What would you say if someone asked why self and identity are important topics within sociological social psychology?

Cooley's looking glass self emphasizes the ____________________ of the content of people's self-concepts.

Which of the following measures has been used by identity theorists to assess the salience of people's identities?

Stryker's identity theory is a _______________________ model of the link between the content of people's self-concepts and their behaviors.

Whereas identities (or socially based identities) reflect the statuses people occupy and the roles they play, social identities:

According to Turner ("The Real Self"), which of the following types of responses to the "Who Am I?" test would be given most frequently by an individual who locates his or her real self in impulse?

Use the concepts of identity construction and identity reconstruction to explain your experiences as you transitioned from high school to college. Bolster your arguments by providing specific examples of your pre- and postcollege identities and interactions.

Who studies the effects of self-schemata on the processing of self-referent information?

Discuss the psychological and situational factors that influence people's impression management strategies.

In one study on the behavioral consequences of identity threat, discussed in Chapter 7, White teachers who received feedback suggesting that they did not hold egalitarian attitudes pertaining to race:

Identity theorists define commitment as:

Research suggests that members of low-status groups who experience identity threat:

For Goffman (the dramaturgical approach), impression management is always deceptive.

Identity theorists argue that an identity is verified in social interaction when:

What is self-esteem? List and describe the three main sources of self-esteem discussed in Chapter 7.

Because they're back regions, people's behaviors in public restrooms are rarely governed by social norms.

In their article on high school students preparing to make the transition to college, Karp and associates found that:

Much of the research on the self-fulfilling prophecy, including Rosenthal and Jacobson's classic (1968) study, has focused on interactions that occur within:

People high in private self-consciousness tend to: