Snoop Flashcards
Interactionist theory
suggest that individuals select and create theirsocialenvironments (e.g., friendships, social activities) to match and reinforce their dispositions, preferences, attitudes, and self-views.
Gosling proposes that individuals also select and craftphysicalenvironments that reflect and reinforce who they are.
5 big personality types
Openness (Leonardo da Vinci): creative, imaginative, abstract, curious, deep thinkers, inventive, value aesthetic experiences
Conscientiousness (Robocop): thorough, dependable, reliable, hardworking, task focused, efficient, good planners
Extraversion (Axel Foley in the Beverly Hills Cop): talkative, energetic, enthusiastic, assertive, outgoing, sociable
Agreeableness (Fred Rogers): helpful, selfless, sympathetic, kind, forgiving, trusting, considerate, cooperative…….American Idol’s Simon Cowell?
Neuroticism (Woody Allen): anxious, easily ruffled or upset, worried, moody
McAdams’s three-tiered system of describing personality
Personality traits->personality concerns (roles, goals, skills, values)
->identity
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)
Three Mechanisms that Connect You to the Surrounding Spaces
Identity claims, feeling regulators, behavioral residue
Identity claims
Posters, awards, photos, mementos, sorority sticker that make deliberate symbolic statements
Other-directed: to signal how we want to be regarded by others
Self-directed: to inspire and to reinforce how we see ourselves
Relevance to public vs. private consumption
Behavioral residue
Physical traces left in the environment by our everyday actions
Feeling regulators
Manage our emotions with family photos, keepsakes, color of the wall
Psychological Refuge
Remember the buffering effect of social snacks? (p215)
Pampering or self-indulgence?
Seeking sensory experience?
Seeking an energizing or a reflective environment?
Relevance to customization and personalization
The color of the walls?
Your cell phone screen?
Personalization of office
higher levels of job satisfaction and psychological well-being
Committed and dedicated workers integrate their privates selves into their work selves
Personality Seepage
Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book (jumpology)
Writing sample
George W. Bush’s inaugural address (high on affiliation and power, low on achievement)
Body movements
Sprightly gait & Extraversion
Formality of dress & Conscientiousness
Soft contours of the face & Agreeableness (personality-face connections)
Photos and agreeableness, openness, extraversion
Dark garments & Neuroticism
Drivers and vehicles based on photos
Handshaking
Extraverted, less neurotic, and open
Video Camera vs. Electronically Activated Recorders (EARs)
Found “consistency” in social interactions and ordinary behaviors.
Socially Desirable Responding
Impression management:
Deliberate attempts to present oneself in a way that makes favorable impression on others
Self-deceptive enhancement
Tendency to give positively biased but honest self-descriptions
Narcissists have unusually high scores on this.
Self-Verification Theory
People would prefer to be seen as we see ourselves regardless of whether those self-views are positive or negative; prefer to get feedback that is consistent with their self-views
High vs. low self-esteem employees and a pay raise
Personal web sites: Judges’ impressions converged more strongly with the actual self-reports than with the ideal self-reports
“Projecting a false identity is difficult because our real personalities persistently try to express themselves.”
Stereotypes
We use stereotypes to fill in the gaps when we are unable to gather all the information.
Assumption about things in the absence of direct experience of them.
- democrats as open
republicans as conscientious
Hoarding Behavior
Evolutionary explanation: People and animals have an ingrained disposition to collect stuff
Implications
Memorabilia (memory booster)
Collector: Relevance to hotel stealing behavior
cf. Memory protection of the special event
Types of hoarders
Utilitarian hoarders
Narcissistic hoarders
Sentimental hoarders (Implications
Memorabilia (memory booster)
Collector: Relevance to hotel stealing behavior
cf. Memory protection of the special event)
