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| The theory that incorporates elements of symbolic interactionism and identity theory to explain the role of emotion in identity processes |
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| Part of dramaturgical sociology referring to the region where we relax our impression management efforts |
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| In social identity theory, the process through which we draw sharp dividing lines between group membership categories and assign people (including ourselves) to relevant categories |
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| The study of how we present ourselves, playing roles and managing impressions during interactions with other people |
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| Inferences about out abilities based on our emotional states that we use to build our sense of mastery |
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| Part of dramaturgical sociology referring to the place where we present ourselves to others |
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| The part of the self that is active, engaging in interactions with others |
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| Our internalized, stable sense of who we are |
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| Interactionist theory that describes how society shapes our sense of self and how those views affect our behavior |
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| The ways individuals seek to control the impressions they convey to other people |
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| The impression you believe that you are giving |
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| The actual impression the other person has of you |
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| Our perceptions of our ability to control things important to us |
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| Our sense that we are important to other people in the world |
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| The part of the self that includes an organized set of attitudes toward the self |
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| Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to a holistic description of the self |
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| Being able to achieve what we start out to do; used in the development of mastery |
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| Anything we use to describe our individual nature |
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| Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our physical characteristics like hair color or height |
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| Our ability to shift aspects of the self to become more or less important to our overall self-concept |
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| The ways that we believe others view us |
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| Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our feelings and traits like being shy or nice |
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| The internalized expectations associated with different positions |
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| A process in which we construct a sense of who we are through interaction with others |
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| The outcome of the self-process at a given point in time; the sum total of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves as an object |
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| A drive to maintain a consistent sense of self |
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| In social identity theory, the process through which we make comparisons that favor our own groups |
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| The positive or negative evaluation of our self as an object |
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| The desire to maintain positve self images |
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| Judgeents we make of ourselves |
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| Self-fulfilling prophecies |
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| A process in which expectations produce a reality consistent with the assumptions |
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| The kind of person we see ourselves as |
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| The use of symbols and language to communicate internally |
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| Observations of our behavior and its consequences |
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| A temporally based sense of who we are |
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| Identities related to social groups to which we belong |
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| Using other people as a point of reference for our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors |
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| A form of self-definition used in social identity theory absed on our group affiliations |
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| The theory based on the principle that we carry self-definitions that match all the categories to which we belong |
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| Dimension of the Twenty Statements Test referring to our roles and statuses, such as student, daughter or son, or gender |
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| Information from others about our abilities used to derive mastery |
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| A way of building mastery by seeing other people perform tasks; it shows us that the task is accomplishable |
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