Consider the self-esteem of people who are
noticeably overweight. Given that overweight individuals experience
a significant amount of overt prejudice and prejudice-related negative
outcomes in their daily life, how do you think the responses of overweight
individuals compare to the responses of non-overweight individuals when
asked how satisfied/happy they are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of overweight individuals tend to be significantly
lower than those of non-overweight individuals. Given that fact,
which of the 5 concepts that you considered seem to be most influential
in the self-concept formation of overweight individuals?
Consider the self-esteem of gays and lesbians.
Given that gays and lesbians experience a significant amount of overt prejudice
and prejudice-related negative outcomes in their daily life, how do you
think the responses of gays and lesbians compare to the responses of heterosexuals
when asked how satisfied/happy they are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of gay and lesbian adolescents tend to be significantly
lower than those of heterosexual adolescents, but that these differences
disappear as people reach adulthood. Given that fact, which of the
5 concepts that you considered seem to be most influential in the self-concept
formation of gay and lesbian adolescents, and how might that change over
time?
Consider the self-esteem of African-Americans.
Given that African-Americans experience a significant amount of overt prejudice
and prejudice-related negative outcomes in their daily life, how do you
think the responses of African-Americans compare to the responses of whites
when asked how satisfied/happy they are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of African-Americans tend to be the same as, if not
higher than those of whites. Given that fact, which of the 5 concepts
that you considered seem to be most influential in the self-concept formation
of African-Americans?
Consider the self-esteem of women. Given
that women experience a significant amount of overt prejudice and prejudice-related
negative outcomes in their daily life, how do you think the responses of
women compare to the responses of men when asked how satisfied/happy they
are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of women are not significantly different from those
of men. Given that fact, which of the 5 concepts that you considered
seem to be most influential in the self-concept formation of women?
Consider the self-esteem of individuals with
physical disabilities. Given that individuals with physical disabilities
experience a significant amount of overt prejudice and prejudice-related
negative outcomes in their daily life, how do you think the responses of
individuals with physical disabilities compare to the responses of non-disabled
individuals when asked how satisfied/happy they are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of individuals with physical disabilities are not
significantly different from those of non-disabled individuals. Given
that fact, which of the 5 concepts that you considered seem to be most
influential in the self-concept formation of individuals with physical
disabilities?
Consider the self-esteem of individuals with
mental illness. Given that individuals with mental illness experience
a significant amount of overt prejudice and prejudice-related negative
outcomes in their daily life, how do you think the responses of individuals
with mental illness compare to the responses of other individuals when
asked how satisfied/happy they are with their lives?
Answer this question according to each of
the following perspectives or tendencies (i.e., what would the following
concepts lead you to predict?):
a) "looking-glass self" (p. 180)
b) upward social comparisons (p. 181)
c) downward social comparisons (p. 182)
d) impression management/self-presentation (p. 183)
e) self-serving attributional biases
Some empirical evidence suggests that the self-esteem
and life satisfaction of individuals with mental illness tend to be significantly
lower than those of other individuals. Given that fact, which of
the 5 concepts that you considered seem to be most influential in the self-concept
formation of individuals with mental illness?
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