Self-Identity

Question 1

What is the idea of a “self-concept?”

Answer 1

how someone thinks / perceives / evaluates themselves

Question 2

What are the 2 main components of self concept?

Answer 2

1. the existential self

2. the categorical self

Question 3

What is the existential self?

Answer 3

the aspect of self concepts where one realizes that they are a separate entity and distinct from others; there is also the realization that they stay constant over time

Question 4

What is the categorical self?

Answer 4

the aspect of self concept where one realizes that they can be put into different categories, such as age, gender, skill or size

Question 5

What did Carl Rogers say about self concept?

Answer 5

it was composed of 3 parts:

1. self image
2. self esteem
3. ideal self

Question 6

What is our “self image?”

Answer 6

• how we see ourselves

- what we believe we are

Question 7

What is “self-esteem?”

Answer 7

• how much value we place on ourselves

- how much do we love ourselves

Question 8

What is the “ideal self?”

Answer 8

what we wish / aspire to be

Question 9

What is the Social Identity Theory?

Answer 9

identity is divided into:

1. personal identity
2. social identity

Question 10

What is personality identity?

Answer 10

things that are unique to each person

ie personality traits

Question 11

What is social identity?

Answer 11

-your place within your community

(ie what groups you belong to)

Question 12

What are the steps in understanding Social Identitiy?

Answer 12

1. all humans CATEGORIZE people into groups
2. we IDENTIFY with the group to which we belong
3. we all COMPARE ourselves to others

Question 13

What is self efficacy?

Answer 13

the belief in one’s capabilities to execute a particular task

Question 14

What are traits of strong self efficacy?

Answer 14

RISE

Recover quickly from setbacks
Interests
Strong Sense of Commitment
Enjoy problems / challenging tasks

Question 15

What are traits of weak self efficacy?

Answer 15

FALL

Focus on failings
Avoid Difficult Tasks
Lose confidence in abilities
Lack capabilities to succeed

Question 16

What are the 4 major sources of self efficacy?

Answer 16

1. mastery of experiences
2. social modeling (seeing other people do it well)
3. social persuasion (verbal encouragement to do it)
4. psychological responses (nervous, can’t elevate mood)

Question 17

What is “locus of control?”

Answer 17

the extent to which people believe they have control over events in their lives

Question 18

What are the different types of locus of control?

Answer 18

internal vs external

Question 19

What is internal locus of control?

Answer 19

person believes he/she can influence events and their outcomes

attribute results to their own traits

Question 20

What is external locus of control?

Answer 20

blames outside forces for everything

attribute evens to environmental traits or causes

Question 21

What is social influence?

Answer 21

the aspect of psychology that examines how individual thoughts, actions and feelings are influenced by social groups

Question 22

What are the different types of social influence?

Answer 22

• imitation
• roles
• reference groups
• culture

Question 23

What did Charlies Cooley and George Herbert Mead have in common?

Answer 23

they both believed that other people could play a significant role in how we view ourselves

Question 24

What are Mead’s 3 stages of development?

Answer 24

1. preparatory
2. play
3. game

Question 25

What occurs during Mead’s preparatory stage?

Answer 25

children interact with others through imitation

• use a toy vacuum while their parents clean
• NOT true interactions

Question 26

What occurs during Mead’s play stage?

Answer 26

children become more aware of the importance of social relationships

they take on the perspective of the role they are playing (mommies, daddies, cowboys, monsters, etc)

Question 27

How do Mead’s preparatory and play stages differ from one another?

Answer 27

when they reach the play stage, they can create and take on the point of view of the role they have assumed

Question 28

What occurs during Mead’s game stage?

Answer 28

children’s understanding of social interactions become even more developed

multiple roles
understanding of the generalized other

Question 29

What is the “generalized other?”

Answer 29

what is expected of you

Question 30

Distinguish between Mead’s “I” vs “Me”

Answer 30

Me = social self; how we believe society sees us; what
we learn through interactions w/others
“how you all see ME” (society’s view)

I = private self response to the social self; thinks about what
everything all means
“I’m not sure this is the right method” (individual stepping in)

Question 31

What is Charle’s Cooley’s theory of the “looking glass self?”

Answer 31

we view ourselves based on what we THINK others may see us as (rightly or wrongly - this is the person making a big assumption about society)

Question 32

What are the 3 steps of the looking glass self?

Answer 32

1. How do I appear to others?
2. What must people now think of me?
3. Develop feelings based on what we think others are thinking

Question 33

How long did Cooley believe others form our self identity?

Answer 33

across our entire lifespan, so long as we continue to interact with others