SOCI 4670 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reference Group
2 Nov 2018
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The twenty statements test was developed in an attempt to operationalize key concepts of interactionist theory, and has since been used successfully in many studies to identify contents of the self-concept. As a result of the ability of the tst to provide a direct measure of an individual"s. The tst has been shown to be especially useful for cross-cultural comparisons, as the format. In response to the i am format, participants may generate descriptions that have a high probability value. Participants may generate roles or feelings that occur frequently or generate descriptors of their traits that are more extreme than is typical for the reference group. It is useful to consider descriptiveness and importance to be independent aspects of self-concept descriptors. maintained as theoretically independent constructs in research. Although the importance and descriptiveness of selfaspects may be related, these should be. Individuals from collectivist cultures generally place greater value on community and less.
