Factors Affecting Perceptions

Question 1

What are the two factors that affect perception of the physical self?

Answer 1

Personal and social factors

Question 2

What are the four subtopics under personal factors?

Answer 2

Introspection and Self-reflection
Self-perception Theory
Self-concept
Personal Identity

Question 3

The process by which one observes and examines one’s internal state after behaving in a certain way.

Answer 3

Introspection and Self-reflection

Question 4

Explains that since one’s internal state is difficult to interpret, people can infer their inner states by observing their own behavior as if they are an outside observer.

Answer 4

Self-perception Theory

Question 5

Includes all aspects of a person’s perception of his physical self.

Answer 5

Physical perception

Question 6

A cognitive representation of self knowledge which includes the sum total of all beliefs that people have about themselves.

Answer 6

Self-concept

Question 7

It is a collection of all individual experiences involving one’s characteristics, social roles, values, goals, and fears.

Answer 7

Self-concept

Question 8

It pertains to all characteristics the person enumerates when asked to describe who he is.

Answer 8

Self-concept

Question 9

The individual’s perception or description of his physical self which includes his physical appearance.

Answer 9

Physical self-concept

Question 10

The concept of a person has about himself that develops over the years.

Answer 10

Personal identity

Question 11

This includes aspects of his life that he was born into like family, nationality, gender, physical traits, as well as the choices he makes such as what he does for a living, who his friends are, and what he believes in.

Answer 11

Personal identity

Question 12

What are the five subtopics under the social factors?

Answer 12

Attachment Process and Social Appraisal
Maintaining, Regulating, and Expanding the Self in Interpersonal Relationships
The Looking-glass Self Theory
Social Comparison
Social Identity Theory (Collective Identity)

Question 13

People learn about their value and lovability when they experiences how their mothers or caregivers care for them and respond to their needs.

Answer 13

Attachment Process and Social Appraisal

Question 14

The sense of self is continuously shaped through ongoing interaction with others or with significant relationship partners. They act as “private audiences” with whom people carry an internal dialogue.

Answer 14

Maintaining, Regulating, and Expanding the Self in Interpersonal Relationships

Question 15

Who stated that a person self grows out of society’s interpersonal interactions and the perception of others?

Answer 15

Charles Horton Cooley

Question 16

The view of oneself comes from a compilation of personal qualities and impressions of how others perceive the individual. The self image is shaped and reflected from the social world.

Answer 16

The Looking-glass Self Theory

Question 17

Inferences regarding other’s appraisal of a person.

Answer 17

Reflected appraisal

Question 18

The process of comparing oneself with others in order to evaluate one’s own abilities and opinions.

Answer 18

Social comparison

Question 19

An individual compares himself to others who are better than him.

Answer 19

Upward social comparison

Question 20

An individual compares himself to someone who is in a word situation than he is especially when he is feeling so low.

Answer 20

Downward social comparison

Question 21

Provides a framework about how people achieve understanding about themselves by being a member of their group. People have a need for a positive social identity that is why they connect to a wider social network.

Answer 21

Social Identity Theory (Collective Identity)

Question 22

This idea assumes that as a member of the group they will not be discriminated by an outgroup. It will enhance their self esteem because they feel secure the shield of group membership where they belong.

Answer 22

Social Identity Theory (Collective Identity)

Question 23

Difference between self and identity.

Answer 23

Self is the person that someone truly is and the total characteristics of a person both known and unknown to others but known to oneself.

Identity is who a person believes he or she is and the traits of social relations and roles that define who one is.