8th topic, I am who I am

Question 1

What question does the statement “I am who I am” beg?

Answer 1

“If you are who you are, then who are you that makes you who you are?”

Question 2

According to Jhangiani and Tarry (2014), what is “self”?

Answer 2

“The sense of personal identity and of who we are as individuals.”

Question 3

Who was one of the earliest psychologists to study the self and what did he conceptualize it as?

Answer 3

William James (1890) conceptualized the self as having two aspects—the “I” and the “me.”

Question 4

What does the “I” represent, according to Gleitman, Gross, and Reisberg (2011)?

Answer 4

The Thinking, Acting, and Feeling self.

Question 5

What is the “me” described as in the text?

Answer 5

The physical characteristics as well as psychological capabilities that make who you are.

Question 6

Is composed of personal characteristics, social roles, and responsibilities, as well as affiliations that define who one is.

Answer 6

Identity

Question 7

What is self-concept, according to Oyserman, Elmore, and Smith (2012)?

Answer 7

What basically comes to your mind when you are asked about who you are.

Question 8

What metaphor is used to describe the nature of self, identity, and self-concept?

Answer 8

A malleable metal, strong and hard but can be bent and molded in other shapes.

Question 9

What does Carl Rogers’s concept of self-schema refer to?

Answer 9

Our organized system or collection of knowledge about who we are.

Question 10

What influences the change in one’s self-schema as one grows?

Answer 10

As you grow and adapt to the changes around you, they also change.

Question 11

What part of the brain is associated with the processes concerning the self?

Answer 11

The frontal lobe of the brain.

Question 12

What theory did G.H. Mead (1934) propose regarding the self?

Answer 12

The self is created and developed through human interaction.

Question 13

What is one reason why self and identity are social products?

Answer 13

Society helped in creating the foundations of who we are.

Question 14

We learn about ourselves, the appropriateness of our behaviors, as well as our social status by comparing aspects of ourselves with other people.

Answer 14

Social Comparison Theory

Question 15

What is the downward social comparison?

Answer 15

Comparing ourselves with those who are worse off than us.

Question 16

What can the upward social comparison lead to?

Answer 16

It can highlight more of one’s weaknesses or inequities, leading to lower self-esteem for many.

Question 17

What is self-evaluation maintenance theory?

Answer 17

We can feel threatened when someone out-performs us, especially when that person is close to us.

Question 18

What is narcissism characterized by, according to Jhangiani and Tarry (2014)?

Answer 18

Overly high self-esteem, self-admiration, and self-centeredness.

Question 19

Our own positive or negative perception or evaluation of ourselves.

Answer 19

Self-esteem

Question 20

What did Baumeister, Smart, and Boden (1996) conclude regarding self-esteem?

Answer 20

Programs, activities, and parenting styles to boost self-esteem should only be for rewarding good behavior and other achievements.

Question 21

What does the actual self represent?

Answer 21

Who you are at the moment.

Question 22

What is the ideal self?

Answer 22

Who you like to be.

Question 23

What is the ought self?

Answer 23

Who you think you should be.

Question 24

Being concerned about being observed and criticized by others.

Answer 24

Self-consciousness

Question 25

The loss of individual self-awareness and individual accountability in groups.

Answer 25

Deindividuation

Question 26

What are the two types of self that Carver and Scheier (1981) identified?

Answer 26

The private self and the public self.

Question 27

What characterizes individuals with high self-esteem?

Answer 27

They are commonly described as outgoing, adventurous, and adaptable in a lot of situations.

Question 28

What can happen when people try to maintain or increase their self-esteem?

Answer 28

Some people become narcissistic.

Question 29

Is a common feature of people with high self-esteem regarding their activities?

Answer 29

They may also dismiss other activities that do not conform to their self-concept or boost their self-esteem.

Question 30

What is the correlation between self-esteem and positive outputs, according to the studies mentioned?

Answer 30

Studies have shown that it only has a correlation, not causality, to positive outputs and outlook.

Question 31

What can high self-esteem lead individuals to engage in, as noted in the text?

Answer 31

They may also be bullies and experiment on abusive behaviors with drugs, alcohol, and sex.

Question 32

What is indicated by the social interaction and group affiliation in relation to self-concept?

Answer 32

They are vital factors in creating our self-concept, especially in the aspect of providing us with our social identity.

Question 33

What is necessary for self-affirmation and reinforcement?

Answer 33

We actually need others to affirm and reinforce who we think we are.

Question 34

What does the text imply about the influence of social media interactions on self-concept?

Answer 34

People may consciously or unconsciously try to garner more “likes” and/or positive “reactions,” which can reinforce their self-concept.

Question 35

What can self-awareness be described as, depending on circumstances?

Answer 35

Self-awareness may be Positive or Negative depending on the circumstances and our next course of action.

Question 36

organized system or. collection of knowledge about who we are

Answer 36

Self-schema

Question 37

Carl Rogers self-schema

Answer 37

SELF
-Hobbies
-Religion
-Nationality
-Family