PSY 362 Week 7 Discussions

PSY 362 Topic 2 DQ 1

From your perspective, how does the material in your textbook on the topics of self-presentation and social perception relate to the passage from Matthew 7:3-5, in which Jesus asks: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brothers’ eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eyes when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

PSY 362 Topic 2 DQ 2

Describe three important functions of the self. Give examples of each.

PSY 362 Topic 3 DQ 1

Consider something you feel strongly about, perhaps something you love or hate, or a particularly strong attitude for or against something. Describe this attitude along the three elements of affect, cognition, and behavior.

PSY 362 Topic 3 DQ 2

Assume that an individual engages in behaviors that are in conflict with their stated religious beliefs, and they experience dissonance. What impact might this have on their beliefs? What might allow people to productively resolve that dissonance?

PSY 362 Topic 4 DQ 1

What are two reasons that appear to explain why people so often mimic one another? How might each of these processes function differently in different cultures? Provide examples.

PSY 362 Topic 4 DQ 2

How are both the power of the situation and the power of the person evident in the results of Asch’s conformity research? Explain.

PSY 362 Topic 5 DQ 1

What are Robert J. Sternberg’s (in “Construct Validation of a Triangular Love Scale”) three components of intimate relationships? Is it necessary for all three to be present in an intimate relationship? How do relationships that vary on these components differ from each other?