11.1 My Online Identity and others in Cyberspace Flashcards
essential social relationships most influence a person’s life
Self-concept
Who are more incorporated the most in a person’s life?
Family members, friends, and romantic partners
Who are more incorporated less in a person’s life?
team members, and neighbors
When we incorporate other people into our sense of self, we infuse those individuals how we feel about ourselves with the power to affect them.
Self-concept
the collection of views we interpret that others have of us combined with how we manage and attempt to influence, alter, or reinforce them may constitute an attempt to transfer identity and self to the digital realm.
The very idea of a digital self
Three basic kinds of people you interact online
1) individuals who are total strangers
2) persons you only encounter virtually and personally
3) individuals you only met on social media
entirely adequate to contact and to be reached by unknown persons
Online Social Media
developed exclusively through online communication without the interference of nonverbal input and the impact of customary aspects.
Digital Self
digital self is ____ in a person’s world, concentrating on thoughts, emotions, and characters rather than on the person’s external world, focusing on stature, weight, and looks
inwardly oriented
digital self is _____ because when an individual states who he is and what he does, the digital self starts to come to fruition
narrative in nature
digital self is ____ because the advanced self-developed online is withdrawn from the mortal body, which, in Goffman’s study (1959), fills in as the “peg” on which oneself is hung in actual connection.
retractable
digital self is _____ because the self is a reflection of multiplicity in society. In traditional society, homogeneous networks show a bound together aggregate disposition that cultivates an increasingly unitary self in children.
multiplied
usually happens to those adolescents whose motivation behind going on the web is to have enjoyment
digital self
concealing someone’s personality is more straightforward for individuals to do online by showing closeness and trust
digital self
Offline strangers, for instance, may become perfect online partners and may become an inspiration in the ______ of self.
development
_____ highlights how interaction and presentation are contextual; time and location are essential to behavior
Sociological perspective
____ and ____ are essential to behavior
time, location
Exploring the concepts of identity _____, _____, and ______ is essential to establish how people enact impression management on Facebook
construction, projection, perception
is conduct that endeavors to give some data about oneself or some characteristics of oneself to others
Self-presentation
signifies a class of inspirations in human behavior
Self-presentation
These inspirations are, to some extent, stable attitudes of people; however, they rely upon situational variables to evoke them
Self-presentation
In particular, self-presentational enthusiasm is enacted by others’ _______ presence and by others’ (even potential) _______ of one’s conduct.
evaluative, understanding
It is essential to separate _______ and the _____ of self when managing the self on the internet.
self-exhibition, impression
Two types of self-presentational motivations (Baumeister, 1982)
Pleasing the audience
self-construction
to match one’s self-presentation to the audience’s expectations and preferences
Pleasing the audience
to match one’s self-presentation to one’s ideal self.
Self-construction
Rudimentary capacities for self-awareness and social imitation emerge at an early age said by who
Harter (1999)
Rudimentary capacities for _____ and _______ emerge at an early age.
self-awareness, social imitation
During the puberty stage, a person starts to build up a coordinated perspective of themselves by _________
“reflecting on the desires of others as self-guides”
Concept is a dramaturgical metaphor of individuals as actors on a stage performing for the audience (Goffman, 1959)
Impression Management
Individuals interact with others in such a manner that they could create a positive image of themselves in the minds of others to fulfill their physiological and psychological needs.
Impression Management
Most of the ______ on impression management focuses on using impression management tactics adopted by individuals to be liked and be seen attractive (Cole & Rozelle, 2011)
literature
Most of the literature on impression management focuses on using impression management tactics adopted by individuals to be liked and be seen attractive said by
(Cole & Rozelle, 2011)
proposed theory by who suggests that impression management strategies used by individuals aim to protect and maintain one’s power
Jones and Pittman (1982)
Five Strategies of Impression Management
- Ingratiation
- Self-Promotion
- Exemplification
- Intimidation
- Supplication
Why Teenagers Go Online to Meet with Strangers
Risk-takers, investigate existence
Security
To find perfect partner
common definition among social psychologist, refers to mental events in a person that are inherently unobservable by other
Private
What social psychologist considers as this are behaviors that are open to the observations of other people
Public
biologically determined
Sex
refers to a socially constructed set of behavior patterns
Gender
are culturally determined and matter of choice
masculinity and femininity
These are patterns of behavior and qualities of behavior that we usually associate with being female or being male
Gender and Sexuality Online
is maybe the fundamental classification we use for arranging people
person’s sexual orientation
_______ establish these “identities” (sexual/gender) to modify or even to define them
Media
Through his visibility, media makes us grow up with an awareness of what constitutes _______ characteristics for objects and humans
appropriate
It is straightforward to recognize that typically _______ means tough, hard, sweaty, and usually ______ suppose fragility, softness, fragrant.
masculine, feminine
essentially a question of biology and genetics
Sex
social and cultural codes and conventions related to sex
Gender
composed of elements of your identity and the identities we assume other people
Gender
