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Human Communication in Society Chapter 3
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Identity
Ans: Who a person is; composed of individual and social categories a person
identifies with, as well as the categories that others identify with that person
primary identity
Ans: has the most consistent and permanent impact on our lives (race, age,
nationality, social class, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion, and sex)
secondary identity
Ans: more fluid and dependent on situations (college major, occupation,
relationship status, sports teams)
Reflected Appraisals
Ans: The idea that people's self-images arise primarily from the ways that others
view them and from the many messages they have recieved from others about who
they are
Looking-glass Self
Ans: The idea that self-image results from the images others reflect back to an
individual
Particular Others
Ans: The important people in an individual's life whose opinions and behavior
influence the various aspects of identity
Generalized Other
Ans: The collection of roles, rules, norms, beliefs, and attitudes endorsed by the
community in which a person lives
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Ans: When an individual expects something to occur, the expectation increases the
likelihood that it will
social comparison
Ans: the comparison of ourselves to others to determine how we measure up in an
evaluation of ourselves (comparing physical beauty in an age range, comparing test
scores in the same grade)
Stereotype Threat
Ans: Process in which reminding individuals of sterotypical expectations regarding
important identities can impact their performance
Human Communication in Society Chapter 3
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Identity
Ans: Who a person is; composed of individual and social categories a person
identifies with, as well as the categories that others identify with that person
primary identity
Ans: has the most consistent and permanent impact on our lives (race, age,
nationality, social class, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion, and sex)
secondary identity
Ans: more fluid and dependent on situations (college major, occupation,
relationship status, sports teams)
Reflected Appraisals
Ans: The idea that people's self-images arise primarily from the ways that others
view them and from the many messages they have recieved from others about who
they are
Looking-glass Self
Ans: The idea that self-image results from the images others reflect back to an
individual
Particular Others
Ans: The important people in an individual's life whose opinions and behavior
influence the various aspects of identity
Generalized Other
Ans: The collection of roles, rules, norms, beliefs, and attitudes endorsed by the
community in which a person lives
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Ans: When an individual expects something to occur, the expectation increases the
likelihood that it will
social comparison
Ans: the comparison of ourselves to others to determine how we measure up in an
evaluation of ourselves (comparing physical beauty in an age range, comparing test
scores in the same grade)
Stereotype Threat
Ans: Process in which reminding individuals of sterotypical expectations regarding
important identities can impact their performance
