Session 10-11: Snoop Flashcards
Interactionist Theories
Suggest that individuals select and create their social environments to match and reinforce their dispositions, preferences, attitudes, and self-views
Gosling proposes that individuals also select and craft physical environments that reflect and reinforce who they are
What are the big five personality traits
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extroversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
Openness
Creative, imaginative
Conscientiousness
Thorough, reliable, efficient
Agreeableness
Helpful, sympathetic, kind, trusting
Neuroticism
Anxious, worried, moody
Extraversion
Talkative, energetic, outgoing, sociable
Flavor choice by personality traits
Standard vs Unique
Standard - Agreeableness
Unique - Openness
Contain choice by personality traits
Cup vs Cone
Cup - Conscientiousness
Cone - Extroversion & Openness
According to Gosling, if you see a variety (not necessarily a quantity) of books, magazines, music, art work, and unusual and unconventional items, the snoopee is likely to be high on _________.
Openness
According to Gosling, if you see multiple calm and inspirational posters (e.g., landscape; as seen below) in one’s office or dorm room, the snoopee is likely to be high on _________.
Neuroticism
According to Gosling, if you see an inviting configuration of the office space, the snoopee is likely to be high on _________.
Extraversion
According to Gosling, if you see a bookshelf neatly organized (e.g., the book spines carefully lined up, alphabetical ordering of the books or music CDs), the snoopee is likely to be high on _________.
Conscientiousness
What is McAdam’s three-tiered system of describing personality?
- Personality
- Personal concerns (roles, goals, skills, values)
- Identity
What is an identity?
- An inner story of the self that gives our lives purpose and narrative
- Much of our everyday stuff holds clues to identity (e.g., email signature quotations, photos you choose to display)
What are the three mechanisms that connect you to the surrounding spaces?
- Identity Claims
- Behavioral Residue
- Feeling Regulators
Identity Claims
Posters, awards, photos, mementos, sorority sticker that make deliberate symbolic statements