PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Collectivism, Stereotype Threat, Gordon G. Gallup
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Twenty statements test (tst) a test of self-concept where participants. Found that the first attributes people listed defined themselves in terms of generate 20 answers to the statement (cid:498)) am_________. (cid:499) social groups or categories such as (cid:498)student(cid:499), (cid:498)girl(cid:499), (cid:498)husband(cid:499), (cid:498)from. Chicago(cid:499), (cid:498)pre-med(cid:499), etc. (cid:498)happy(cid:499), (cid:498)bored(cid:499), (cid:498)pretty good student(cid:499), (cid:498)good wife(cid:499), (cid:498)interesting(cid:499), etc. sooner than those of a religious majority or people without a religious affiliation. Only later in the list did they get into more idiosyncratic trait terms such as. Found that members of religious minorities stated their religious affiliation. Study illustrates that our self-concepts are defined by the social world: how we are similar to others and how we are unique compared to others. We are constantly discovering, creating, defining, and maintaining who we are and how we feel about ourselves through our interactions with the social world. Self-concept the set of ideas and inferences we hold about ourselves, including our traits, social roles, schemas, and relationships.
