Worksheet Social Psychology Due Feb

Worksheet # 1 Social Psychology Due September 11th, 2001

Name __________________________

This worksheet has you visit various internet sites which highlight important aspects of individual personality and social relations.
All answers should be in the form of complete sentences
A. Go to www.self-esteem-nase.org/

1.What is this the website for ?

2.Click on History of NASE. When was NASE founded, what types of professionals belong to NASE, and what are they commited to ?

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3.Go Back to NASE home page and click on NASE research center.

What do they state the problem as being and list two pieces of evidence they cite which illustrates this problem.

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4. List three studies which examine the relationship between self esteem and school achievement, and explain what they found

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5. List three studies which examine the relationship between self esteem and crime and/or violence and explain what they found

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C.___________________________________________________________.

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6. List and Explain one study examining the relationship between self-esteem and suicide.

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7.Given all these studies, what conclusions do NASE make regarding self-esteem and self-esteem research ?

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Now, Click on NASE news and events button at top of this page.

8.What is the Self-Esteem thought of the week you chose to look at. List dat and topic, and how do you summarize their statement?

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A.NonVerbal communication website. This website is trying to hawk videos, but makes some interesting points regarding nonverbal

communication.

Go to Our website www.rpi.edu/~verwyc and click on Social Psychology Network. Now click on Social Psychology subject Areas. Under

Interpersonal relations, click on Nonverbal Behavior . Now click on Exploring NonVerbal Communication, which will take you to the

following link of http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer/ .

9. What demonstrations were available on this page ?

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10. How good were you at guessing the woman’s emotional state or recognizing gestures from around the world ?

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A.Finally, we are going to assess your EQ, Emotional Intelligence.

Emotional Intelligence measures social perception skills instead of what we think of as "traditional intelligence", or IQ.

This website takes about thirty five minutes to complete.

Go to www.queendom.com/test_frm.html . Under Intelligence tests, click on Emotional Intelligence.

11. How do the sponsors of this site define Emotional Intelligence ?

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Once you complete the 70 question test, submit your answers to receive your Emotional IQ.

11b. Where ther any test questions that seemed totally bizarre or unusual to you ?

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12. What score results are you given , and what do these results say about your EQ?

Think about how your score compares with the population average…. Is your score higher or lower ?

13. What suggestions (if any) do the researchers make for you to be able to raise your Emotional IQ ?

14.What do you believe the relationship is between self-esteem and Emotional Intelligence ?

15. What do you believe the relationship is between self-esteem and traditional Intelligence (IQ).

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Part D. The International Society for Self & Identity

Go to http://www.soton.ac.uk/~psyweb/ISSI

16. What is the stated purpose of the International Society for Self and Identity ?
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17. What uniquely human behavior does the ISSI claim is fundamental to the understanding of human behavior ?
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18. Click on "Self" button in upper left hand corner

What are four major aspects of the self that researchers have already documented ?

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D. _____________________________________________________________________
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19. What are three aspects about the self that researchers do not already know ?

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B. _____________________________________________________________________
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C. _____________________________________________________________________
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20. How does this author summarize reasearchers' knowledge about the self ?
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21. (Same Page) What do researchers Paulhus & Robins conclude about the self-serving bias which
can produce positive illusions about our capabilities and chances for success.
List at least one positive and one negative aspect of these positive self-delusions

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Part E. AIQ-IIIX Personality Questionnaire

Go to Dr. Jonathon Cheek's web site at http://www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Cheek/jcheek.html

22. Briefly explain what is meant by the term "identity orientation".
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23. List the three types of identity which are assessed by the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire
(AIQ-IIIX) and define these identity types :
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Now, complete the AIQ-IIIX and calculate your average score for each identidy aspect.
To calculate your average score, use the scoring key and then divide your score
by the number of questions used to calculate each identity aspect.

Social = _____ Cultural = ______ Personality = __________

24. Cite three research findings mentioned on this site and explain how these different identites
relate to other personality dimensions, attitudes, and behaviors
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B. ______________________________________________________________________
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C. ______________________________________________________________________
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Part F. Go to www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Cheek/shyresearch.html

25. How do Buss and Cheek define shyness ?
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Complete the Revised Buss and Cheek Shyness Scale (RCBS)

Scoring instructions are found below the scale.

26. Which questions on the RCBS have "reverse scoring" ?
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27. Are you above or below the average shyness score for College Men or Women?
(use whichever is appropriate)
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End of Worksheet