Week 1 quiz

Question 1

Parenting patterns that teach us who we are and how to approach relationships are_________.

Answer 1

Attachment Styles

Question 2

The perspectives of the ____ other reflect the views generally held by others in a society.

Answer 2

generalized

Question 3

Members of his project group at work consistently comment on Ervin’s excellent performance as team leader. Ervin begins to view himself as an effective leader and considers moving into a higher level management position. The process through which Ervin developed this sense of self at work is called:

Answer 3

reflected appraisal

Question 4

Many scholars argue that race:

Answer 4

is a socially constructed category.

Question 5

People act as ______ when they communicate positively about us and reflect positive appraisals of our self-worth.

Answer 5

uppers

Question 6

Psychologists define ___________ as rules for living and identity.

Answer 6

identity scripts

Question 7

What are the risks to self-disclosing communication?

Answer 7

Others may reject us.
Others may think less of us.
Others may violate our confidence.

Question 8

What are the benefits of self-disclosing communication?

Answer 8

May increase trust.
May increase closeness.
May increase security.
May enhance self-esteem.
May enhance  self-growth.

Question 9

________information is what we know about ourselves but choose not to reveal to

most others.

Answer 9

Hidden

Question 10

The _______ area consists of your untapped resources, your untried talents, and your reactions to experiences you have never had. You don’t know how you will manage a crisis until you’ve been in one, and you can’t tell what kind of parent you would be unless you have had a child.

Answer 10

uknown

Question 11

True or False:
One particularly powerful way in which reflected appraisals can affect our self concept is through self-fulfilling prophecies, which occur when we internalize others’ expectations or judgments about us and then behave in ways that are consistent with those expectations and judgments.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Which of the following is a prototype?

Answer 12

the person who exemplifies a friend to you

Question 13

Which of the following is a script?

Answer 13

your idea about you should interact with a friend

Question 14

Which of the following is a personal construct?

Answer 14

how a friend measures up on the dimension of intelligent-unintelligent

Question 15

This is a predictive generalization applied to a person or situation. Based on the category in which we place someone or something and how that person or thing measures up against the personal constructs we apply, we predict what he, she, or it will do.

Answer 15

stereotype

Question 16

True or False:
Prototypes, personal constructs, stereotypes, and scripts are cognitive schemata that we use to organize our perceptions of people and phenomena.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False:

Perceptions are subjective.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False:

Age, physiology, and culture are factors that do not influence our perceptions.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

In an interview, Tiger Woods described how his father taught him to accept responsibility for his bad shots in golf. When he was a preschooler and hit a bad shot, he slammed his club on the ground. His father would ask him, “Who’s responsible for that bad shot? The crow that made the noise during your backswing? The bag somebody dropped? Whose responsibility was that?” (McCormick & Begley, 1996, p. 55). Tiger learned to say it was his responsibility. As he took responsibility for his bad shots, Tiger Woods learned how to improve his game. This is an example of:

Answer 19

self-serving bias

Question 20

True or False:

Stereotypes reflect actual similarities between people.

Answer 20

False