chapter 7

1-Which model views social behavior as motivated by a desire for self-enhancement?

Goffman's dramaturgical approach

Social exchange theory

Status characteristics theory

Stryker's identity theory

2-The three main sources of self-esteem are: reflected appraisals, self-assessments, and:

feedback from others

idealized images

performance history

reference group comparisons 3- Yang and Brown (2016) found that college freshmen's Facebook postings changed over the course of their first college semester. How did they change?

After midterms, students with the lowest grades exhibited the greatest increase in daily Facebook postings, while students with the highest grades exhibited the greatest decrease in Facebook use

Students became less restrictive in what they posted on Facebook as the semester progressed

Students posted less on Facebook at the end, than at the beginning, of the semester

Within a month after school started, students started posting material on Facebook that was consistent with their roommates' political beliefs

4-Goffman (the dramaturgical approach) calls the use of non-verbal strategies (e.g., dress, posture, and demeanor) to increase the likelihood that one will be perceived in the desired manner:

diversion

feigning

projection

suppression

5- Reflected appraisals serve as the basis of:

society

the "I" phase of the self

concept

social roles

6-Research shows that people who are depressed tend to be more accurate than non-depressed individuals in predicting negative events. What social psychological construct has been used to explain this effect?

Anticipatory socialization

Role taking

Secondary socialization

Self-schemata

7-Which of the following statements is true?

Among adolescents, African Americans have higher self-esteem than members of other racial/ethnic groups

Among adults, men have significantly higher self-esteem than women

Among adults, Whites have significantly higher self-esteem than other racial/ethnic groups

Social class is more strongly related to self-esteem among children than among adults.