survey of comm 9

__________ __________ is communication that explicitly tells us who we are by labeling us and our behaviors

Direct Definition

Because we spend so much time interacting with our friends, our peer group usually sculpts the foundations of our self-concepts.

False

Life scripts are a form of how our friends communicate and influence us

False

Observing another person to learn more about them is a direct strategy of reducing uncertainty

False

Reflected appraisals are judgments that we make when gauge and evaluate others.

False

The self is innate and part of our genetic makeup

False

A dismissive attachment style is cultivated when the caregiver communicates in a rejecting way to a child

True

A self-fulfilling prophesy is acting in ways that bring about expectations or judgments of ourselves

True

Someone's socioeconomic class is more difficult to pinpoint than either race or sex.

True

The self changes over time as we engage in new experiences

True

The values and views endorsed by a society at any given time are arbitrary and subject to change

True

A clear understanding of how social perspectives influence our sense of self and guide our behaviors, attitudes, and values should be based on

a critical judgment about what we personally accept

Which of the following is NOT an example of communication with and influence of our peers?

all of the above reflected appraisals self-disclosure social comparison direct definition

Ray is very attentive and supportive to his son Robbie when he is sober, but when Ray drinks he often ignores his son and sometimes verbally abuses him. Robbie never knows which way his father will act. If the father is Robbie's primary caregiver, Robbie is likely to develop which attachment style

anxious/ ambivalent

A child who receives inconsistent treatment from a caregiver will most likely develop a __________ attachment style

anxious/ambivalent

Secure attachment styles tend to develop in children whose caregivers

are consistently loving and attentive

Life scripts

are the outcome of a largely unconscious process of internalizing the rules, roles, and basic climate for living that we learn from our immediate family

Jamie had problems in her math class and finally began to tell herself that she would never understand math. Jamie had failed to follow which suggestion for personal growth and awareness?

avoid self-sabotage

Things that others see in us but we do not see in ourselves are known in the Johari Window as __________ information

blind

"You are a big, tough boy who doesn't cry" Alice tells her son. Alice's statement is an example of

direct definition

Harry and Sally have had a long, loving, and stable relationship. We would expect that this couple

discloses less now than they did in the embryonic stages of their relationship

__________ are people who communicate negatively about us and our worth.

downers

Jon says, "I am so stupid I'll never graduate from college. I just can't learn this Chemistry because I am so darned dumb!" Jon's self-communication is an example of

engaging in self sabotage

In the Johari Window, the area of self that represents information we know about ourselves but don't share with others is called the __________ area

hidden

Specific people who are especially significant to us and who shape how we see ourselves are known as __________ __________.

particular others

Our rating of ourselves relative to others with respect to our talents, abilities, qualities, and so forth is called __________ __________.

social comparison

Where we shop, what we wear and what kind of car we drive, who our friends are, and where we live and work are all influenced by our

socioeconomic class

Jenny is looking through a popular women's magazine. She notices that most of the advertisements deal with beauty, looking young, or losing weight. These social values in the media are examples of

the generalized other

Howie isn't sure how smart he is until his teacher in first grade tells him she thinks he is very bright. Howie later tells his parents "I am a bright boy." The process by which Howie developed a view of his intelligence is

reflected appraisal

The process of seeing ourselves through the eyes of others is known as

reflected appraisal

A __________ __________ __________ develops when a child's primary caregiver responds in a consistently attentive and loving way to a child

secure attachment style

The __________ is an ever-changing system of perspectives that is formed and sustained in communication with others and ourselves

self

__________ is the revelation of personal information about ourselves that others would be unlikely to learn on their own

self disclosure

Self-talk in which we tell ourselves we are no good, or that we can't do something is known as __________.

self sabotage

Acting in ways that bring about expectations or judgments of others that have been expressed to us is known as

self-fulfilling prophesy

Howie is still not entirely sure how smart he is, so he asks other students in his first grade class how they did on a test. After checking with 5 other children, Howie realizes he did better than any of them and Howie concludes he must be pretty smart after all. The process by which Howie reached this conclusion is

social comparison

A powerful way that communication shapes the self is the self-fulfilling prophecy. Which of the following best describes a self-fulfilling prophecy?

*During music practice, the conductor informs Sally that she is repeatedly missing the same note. Sally tells herself she will miss the same note in the musical recital. During the recital, she misses the same note that she told herself she would miss.

To assess ourselves effectively, we should

*all of the above make reasonable social comparisons place judgments of ourselves in context realize that who we are is always in process assess ourselves in the perspective of time

As we interact with the generalized other, we learn which aspects of identity society considers important. Which of the following is emphasized in modern Western culture as key aspect(s) of personal identity and value?

*all of the above race gender sexual orientation socioeconomic class

The theory that asserts that people find uncertainty uncomfortable and so are motivated to use communication to reduce uncertainty is known as

*uncertainty reduction