Identity

Question 1

Part of identity that is based on physical characteristics

Answer 1

Race is based on physical characteristics

Question 2

The social and cultural groups a person belongs to that influence their beliefs and values

Answer 2

Ethnicity is linked to culture

Question 3

legal term that denotes a person’s citizenship status relative to a country

Answer 3

Nationality is a legal term that denotes a person’s citizenship status relative to a country.

Question 4

True or false: A person’s gender and sex are always the same.

Answer 4

This statement is false. Gender is a social construct that involves the way a person feels about their role in society and how their behavior aligns with certain gender roles and stereotypes. Sex is a biological term that classifies individuals based on their chromosomes and genitalia.

Question 5

looking-glass self

Answer 5

Although the origin of the looking-glass self came from the concept of a mirror, this is only figurative. More fundamentally, the “mirror” is other people. That is, the opinions and reactions of other people affect how someone views themselves, as described in this answer choice.

Question 6

A person who is attracted to both sexes

Answer 6

Bisexual

Question 7

A person whose internal gender does not agree with the sex they were assigned at birth

Answer 7

Transgender

Question 8

A person whose gender is the same as the sex they were assigned a birth

Answer 8

Cisgender

Question 9

A person who is attracted to members of the same sex

Answer 9

Homosexual

Question 10

Self-concept

Answer 10

Self-concept is an overarching term that describes how an individual sees themselves.

Question 11

Self-schema

Answer 11

A self-schema is a specific concept about the self. The behavior of an individual is affected by their self-schemas.

Question 12

Self-esteem

Answer 12

Self-esteem refers to a a person’s views on their own worth, and is thus more narrowly focused than their overall self-concept.

Question 13

internal locus of control

Answer 13

An individual who has an internal locus of control refers to internal, personal factors for things that happen to them.

Question 14

Self-efficacy

Answer 14

Self-efficacy is an individual’s belief in their ability to perform a certain kind of activity.

Question 15

True or false: Social identity is a person’s sense of who they are based on the groups they identify with, while personal identity is how a person defines their own individual characteristics and qualities.

Answer 15

This statement is true. Social identity is mostly defined by the groups you identify with. These groups (doctors, parents, basketball fans, bilinguals, etc.) share similar characteristics. For example, a person who is a doctor may consider themseves to be intelligent and compassionate because many doctors share these qualities. Personal identity is how a person defines themselves as individuals.

Question 16

Self-identity

Answer 16

The way an individual perceives themselves based mostly on the groups they feel they belong to

Question 17

Organized, specific beliefs about the self, such as “a good sister” or “detail-oriented”

Answer 17

Self-schema

Question 18

True or false: A person can have high self-esteem overall, but low self-efficacy in certain settings.

Answer 18

This statement is true. Someone can be extremely confident in themselves and feel proud of their accomplishments and of their place in the world. However, if you put a professional athlete with high self-esteem in the position of an orthopedic surgeon, the athlete will likely have low self-efficacy in this specific setting because they do not have confidence in their ability to perform complex surgery.

Question 19

A surgeon is confident that he can save a patient by performing a difficult procedure. The surgeon has high:

Answer 19

Self efficacy