Chapter 2
It is important to gain access to information in our blind and unknown areas. One way to do this is to expand our experiences by entering unfamiliar situations, trying novel things, and experimenting with new kinds of communication.
True.
Most psychologists believe that the basic identify scripts for our lives are formed very early, probably by age 5.
True.
Researchers who have studied parents' interactions with children conclude that fathers and mothers typically contribute in unique and valuable ways to their children's development and self-esteem.
True.
Self-disclosure necessarily involves risks, such as the risk that others will not accept what we reveal or that they might use it against us.
True.
Teachers, peers, and family members are all examples of particular others.
True.
The institutions that organize our society communicate the views of the Generalized Other by the values they uphold/reinforce.
True.
The self is a multidimensional process of internalizing and acting from social perspectives.
True.
Today, as our society struggles with changes in women, men, and families, the ideals of manhood are being revised yet again.
True.
We persuade others to see us as we want to be seen through verbal and nonverbal means.
True.
We tend to believe what particular/significant others say about us, and what they say affects our self-concept.
True.
Homophobia or fear of homosexuals is particularly pronounced in the working class, or a lesbian or gay in a poor community may be socially ostracized.
True.
How we see ourselves is based on the culture in which we live
True.
Identity scripts are fundamental ideas of who we are and how we are supposed to behave.
True.
Individualism is a key value in Western cultures.
True.
Fathers are more likely than mothers to specialize in protecting children and emotionally reassuring them.
False.
Mothers are more likely than fathers to challenge children and encourage them to achieve more.
False.
The United States is now in a post-racial era in which race no longer matters.
False.
The attachment style an infant develops can never be changed.
False.
The self is constant.
False.
Who we believe we are has nothing to do with our interactions with others.
False.
"A good education is the key to success" is an example of identity scripts.
True.
Attachment styles are patterns of caregiving that teach us who we are and how to approach relationships.
True.
Critical whiteness scholars point out that nonwhites are often identified by their race, but whites seldom are.
True.
Direct definitions, self-fulfilling prophecies, attachment styles, and identity scripts are all family influences on self-concept.
True.
Face is the impression we want others to have of us.
True.
Fathers tend to foster more independence, competitiveness, and aggression in sons and more emotional expressiveness and gentleness in daughters.
True.
Fearfully attached individuals tend to feel less hope, disclose less, and experience less satisfaction with relationships than people with other attachment styles.
True.
Girls and women are more likely than boys to use social media as a venue for self-development.
True.