Lecture: October 18th (Self Presentation And Self Varification)

Question 1

What is negotiating identities?

Answer 1

How does others perception of me influence my behaviour and my self conception

Question 2

What is reflected appraisal?

Answer 2

Our sense of self is totally socially constructed

The correlation between how I see myself and how others see me are very similar

Question 3

What is the spotlight effect?

Answer 3

We overestimate the attention others pay to us

Question 4

What is the mum effect?

Answer 4

You don’t say what you really mean

Ex.

Real: ur ugly and disgusting and I don’t want to fuck you

Fake: sorry I’m too busy to date rn!

Question 5

Who are you self enhancing around more, friends or strangers?

Answer 5

People want to make great first impressions

Don’t have a basis for disrupting your self presentation

Question 6

Do we realize we self present?

Answer 6

If someone’s sad, we don’t boast about or lives

Question 7

How many different personas do we have?

Answer 7

Ask someone how you’d like to be seen by 8 others

Mum

Same sex friend

Opposite sex friend

Authority figure

People tend to have 3 or 4 personas across 8 relationships.

Question 8

What are the harmful effects of self presentation?

Answer 8

Some personas we have can be harmful

Ex. Tanning = skin cancer

Question 9

What is women and the sexual double standard.

Answer 9

Regardless of what a woman does, people will treat her badly.