Week 3: Self-Concept, Perception, and Identity Management (outline pending)
Week of Mon, Aug 31 · week closes Sun, Sep 6
This week's items
- Week 3 reading — Self and Perceptionpoints in Canvas
- Who Am I? reflection activitypoints in Canvas
Exact due times are in Canvas.
Read this week
Know these cold
- Define self-concept and explain the difference between self-image and self-esteem.
- Identify the sources of self-concept: reflected appraisals, social comparisons, and direct experience.
- Explain the process of perception: selection, organization, interpretation, and negotiation.
- Describe common perceptual errors: stereotyping, halo effect, fundamental attribution error, self-serving bias.
- Define impression management and explain why people engage in identity performance.
- Apply Goffman's dramaturgical model — front stage vs. back stage behavior.
- Explain how social media has changed self-presentation and identity management.
- Complete the 'Who Am I?' reflection activity and connect it to self-concept theory.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 3 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
Stuck?
Raise your hand. Mr. James gets a message right away and can help you remotely. Nothing else is stored — just your last name, grade, and where you're stuck.
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: Who has had the biggest influence on how you see yourself — and what did they say or do that shaped your self-concept?
En español: ¿Quién ha influido más en la forma en que te ves a ti mismo — y qué dijo o hizo esa persona que moldeó tu autoconcepto?