Title: 11.2 Self-Presentation – Introductory Psychology
Headings: 11.2 Self-Presentation
11.2 Self-Presentation
Learning Objectives
SOCIAL ROLES
Being a student is just one of the many social roles you have. (credit: “University of Michigan MSIS”/Flickr)
SOCIAL NORMS
Tweens, Teens, and Social Norms
Young people struggle to become independent at the same time they are desperately trying to fit in with their peers. (credit: Monica Arellano-Ongpin)
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ZIMBARDO’S STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
Iraqi prisoners of war were abused by their American captors in Abu Ghraib prison, during the second Iraq war. (credit: United States Department of Defense)
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Content: credit: “ University of Michigan MSIS”/Flickr)
Social roles, and our related behavior, can vary across different settings. How do you behave when you are engaging in the role of son or daughter and attending a family function? Now imagine how you behave when you are engaged in the role of employee at your workplace. It is very likely that your behavior will be different. Perhaps you are more relaxed and outgoing with your family, making jokes and doing silly things. But at your workplace you might speak more professionally, and although you may be friendly, you are also serious and focused on getting the work completed. These are examples of how our social roles influence and often dictate our behavior to the extent that identity and personality can vary with context (that is, in different social groups) (Malloy, Albright, Kenny, Agatstein & Winquist, 1997). SOCIAL NORMS
As discussed previously, social roles are defined by a culture’s shared knowledge of what behaviors are expected of an individual in a specific role. This shared knowledge comes from social norms.