Role Models

Question 1

Define role models

Answer 1

Individuals who have mastered a given social role and who facilitate a role aspirants acquisition of this or a similiar role

Question 2

What is warmth?

Answer 2

Caring Warm Empathetic Affectionate Friendly

Question 3

What is Morality?

Answer 3

Just Fair Considerate Trustworthy Reliable

Question 4

What is Competence?

Answer 4

Efficient Capable Competent Intelligent Clever

Question 5

What is Assertiveness?

Answer 5

Confident Cope with Pressure Never Give up Leadership Superior qualitys

Question 6

Do role model programs give any evidence of increasing school attendance and grades?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

Two assumptions of role models

Answer 7

1. They are successful individuals

2. Minority groups need them eg women or indigenous

Question 8

What is records clustering together an example of?

Answer 8

We are influenced by what we know others can do

Question 9

Describe the Lockwood and Kunda (2007) study. Is this an example of role modeling and why?

Answer 9

1st and 4th year accounting students read an article about very successful 4th year student. Ist years that read the article had higher positive self evaluation than 4th years. NOT example as DV does not map onto role modeling

Question 10

Describe the Marx and Roman (2002) study. Is this an example of role modeling and why?

Answer 10

Males and females complete a maths test with a female supervisor that is either highly competent in maths or english. Women perform work than men for the English supervisor. NOT example as effects need to hold over time.

Question 11

Describe the Taylor, Lord, McIntyre and Paulson (2011) study. Is this an example of role modeling and why?

Answer 11

Female participants asked to rate how deserving Hilary Clinton was of her success. One month later complete a maths test under 3 conditions:
1. Control complete test
2. Stereotype threat and read biography of business person
3. Stereotype threat and read biography of Hilary Clinton
Women who believed that Hilary Clinton deserved her success performed as well as control while those that did not performed worst. NOT example as we do not know if they see her as a role model.

Question 12

Describe Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study.

Answer 12

206 people nominate people who are role models for the following categories:
Positive: person you want to be like
Negative: person you don’t want to be like
Ambivalent: Person you want & don’t want to be like
Neutral: person who is not relevant

Question 13

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups are mainly family?

Answer 13

Positive and Ambivalent

Question 14

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what are the dominate characteristics?

Answer 14

Warmth and Assertiveness

Question 15

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups are mainly ingroup members?

Answer 15

Positive and Ambivalent

Question 16

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups increase self-efficacy?

Answer 16

Positive and Ambivalent

Question 17

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups want to be emulated?

Answer 17

Positive and Ambivalent

Question 18

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups are most inspiring?

Answer 18

Positive and Ambivalent

Question 19

In Steffens Rees and Peters (2015) study what groups motivate avoidance behaviour?

Answer 19

Negative

Question 20

Describe the Peters and Steffens (2015) study.

Answer 20

400 working adults  asked to reflect on manager that matched one description of 4:
Competent
Incompetent
Moral
Immoral

Question 21

In Peters and Steffens study (2015) what traits are needed for a manager to be a role model?

Answer 21

Competent and Moral

Question 22

In Peters and Steffens study (2015) what traits are needed for a manager to increase self-efficacy?

Answer 22

Competent and Moral

Question 23

In Peters and Steffens study (2015) what traits are needed for a manager to an emulating model?

Answer 23

Competent and Moral

Question 24

In Peters and Steffens study (2015) what traits are needed for a manager to be a inspiring model?

Answer 24

Competent and Moral

Question 25

If participants listen to a speech that describes a manager as competent and immoral what words were used to describe them?

Answer 25

Competence words

Question 26

If participants listen to a speech that describes a manager as incompetent and moral what words were used to describe them?

Answer 26

Moral words

Question 27

If participants listen to a speech that describes a manager as incompetent and immoral what words were used to describe them?

Answer 27

Inspirational words

Question 28

If participants listen to a speech that describes a manager as competent and moral what words were used to describe them?

Answer 28

Inspirational words

Question 29

Describe the Peters, Tee and Paladino (2015) study.

Answer 29

100 students read about Jean Madden who set up a charity Street Swags.
Transportability (if you enjoyed the story) was strongest predictor pf role model, inspiration and behaviour modeling. Medication by identification