COM 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Stereotype Threat

• School: Baruch College
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COM 2000
• Professor: Elisabeth Gareis

Document Summary

Characteristics: identities exist at the individual and the societal levels. Individual and social identities are created through interaction with others identities need to be understood in relation to historical, social and cultural environments. *3. 3 clarify how reflected appraisals, social comparisons, self-fulfilling prophecies, and self- concept contribute to identity development. Reflected appraisals: the identities that people"s self-images arise primarily from the ways that others view them and from the many messages they have received from others about who they are. Looking-glass self: a term that highlights the idea that self-image results from the images others reflect back to you. Particular others: the important people in an individual"s life whose opinions and behavior influence the various aspects of identity. Generalized other: the collection of roles, rules, norms, beliefs and attitudes endorsed by the community in which a person lives. Self-fulfilling prophecy: when an individuals expects something to occur, the expectation increases the likelihood that it will.