Essentials of comparative politics o neil 3rd edition

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What is John engaged in? In a research study, a group of clerks were told to process about records per day. They were also told that it would be stressful to process more than records in one day. A second group was told to process as many as they could. What was the outcome of the study? The first group outperformed the second group but felt more stress. The second group outperformed the first group but felt more stress. The second group outperformed the first group and the first group felt more stress.

Both groups processed about the same number of records but the first group felt more stress. The self-concept is a relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself. True b. Jennifer thinks that most people like her and Jennifer likes most people that she meets. Jennifer has high self-esteem. True Copyright Cengage Learning.

Ken has low self-esteem. People with high self-esteem perform poorly when being watched. People with high self-esteem can handle all conflicts productively. Having high self-esteem is a guarantee for interpersonal success. Your personality remains stable over your lifetime.

The self-concept begins to develop sometime between the ages of two and four years. According to your text, the self-concept is shaped by communication. Behaviours like tone of voice and touch can contribute to the development of the self-concept. Communication from others does not affect our self-concept. Reflected appraisal means that you reflect on your communication skills and make adjustments to improve your skills.

Both verbal and nonverbal messages contribute to a developing self-concept. According to your text, the self-concept is influenced by significant others from both the past and present. Although those around us play a large part in helping us shape our self-concept when we are children, others have little effect on our self-concept once we reach adolescence.

The self-concept is extremely subjective, being heavily influenced by interaction with others. Melissa spends a lot of time looking at models and often feels that her body is inadequate. Melissa is engaged in social comparison. In many cases a self-concept is based on data which may have been true at one time, but are now obsolete.

It is possible to have a more favourable image of yourself than the objective facts or the opinions of others warrant. The self-concept is strongly resistant to change. The tendency to cling to an outmoded self-perception holds only when the new image would be less favourable than the old one. Our concept of self is shaped partly by the culture in which we have been reared. Most Western cultures have what is called a collective identity. Margaret feels confident about her upcoming test, based on what her professor is saying and based on her experience doing well on tests.

She studies hard for her Interpersonal Communications test and gets an A! Margaret continues to believe that she is smart. This is an example of self-fulfilling prophecy.

According to the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, we cannot become what we believe about ourselves. Bruce thinks he is bad at public speaking. He has a presentation coming up and he keeps telling himself that he will mess it up. During the presentation he fumbles over his words, reads his cue cards, and speaks with a low voice. As a result, he did not receive positive feedback on his presentation.

This is an example of self-imposed prophecy. Katie is a new student in a new school. This is an example of other-imposed prophecy. Other-imposed prophecies have little influence on most people. If you are trying to change your self-concept, being perfect is a good way to make positive change. You are unlikely to reveal all of the perceived self to another person. The person you believe yourself to be in moments of honesty is called the presenting self. The image you try to show to others is called the perceived self.

We use identity management to create our one identity. We use identity management to create many identities. Nonverbal behaviours play a big role in managing impressions.

The process of impression management can result in dishonest behaviour. Employees with high self-esteem make better employees overall. Identity management involves deciding which part of yourself to hide. Steve, a transgender man, has to hide the fact that he is trans in his workplace.

This is common for many transgendered people. Managers make employees less productive by communicating high expectations. Define self-esteem and self-concept. How are self-esteem and self-concept related? Describe two people who were a significant other for you.

Define social comparison. What was the impact of this Copyright Cengage Learning. Identify a time when you had a distorted evaluation of yourself. What was the reason for this distortion? Describe the differences between individualistic and collectivists cultures. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker.

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