Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type
Decades of research have demonstrated self-verification strivings among individuals, with individuals motivated to be viewed upon consistently across dimensions of the “self” – the personal self and the social self. Nonetheless, past studies have examined self-verification on each “self” separately,...
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| author | Lim, Eunice Wan Lin |
| author2 | Catherine Wan Ching |
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| description | Decades of research have demonstrated self-verification strivings among individuals, with individuals motivated to be viewed upon consistently across dimensions of the “self” – the personal self and the social self. Nonetheless, past studies have examined self-verification on each “self” separately, where the effect of discrepancies between the two selves on desire for self-verification have yet been considered. To fill this gap, the current study thus examined the relationship between self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. It was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived stereotypically (social self salience anticipated interaction condition), the lower the self-descriptiveness of the stereotype, the greater the individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Also, it was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived as an individual (personal self salience anticipated interaction condition), self-descriptiveness of stereotype would have no effect on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Contrary to the hypothesis, findings showed that individuals’ desired personal self-verification at similarly high intensities regardless of whether they anticipated being perceived stereotypically or not. Links to factors that motivate self-verification, methodological considerations of the study, as well as new directions for future research are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/771742019-12-10T11:53:36Z Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type Lim, Eunice Wan Lin Catherine Wan Ching School of Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation Decades of research have demonstrated self-verification strivings among individuals, with individuals motivated to be viewed upon consistently across dimensions of the “self” – the personal self and the social self. Nonetheless, past studies have examined self-verification on each “self” separately, where the effect of discrepancies between the two selves on desire for self-verification have yet been considered. To fill this gap, the current study thus examined the relationship between self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. It was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived stereotypically (social self salience anticipated interaction condition), the lower the self-descriptiveness of the stereotype, the greater the individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Also, it was hypothesized that when individuals anticipated an interaction where one would be perceived as an individual (personal self salience anticipated interaction condition), self-descriptiveness of stereotype would have no effect on individuals’ desire for personal self-verification. Contrary to the hypothesis, findings showed that individuals’ desired personal self-verification at similarly high intensities regardless of whether they anticipated being perceived stereotypically or not. Links to factors that motivate self-verification, methodological considerations of the study, as well as new directions for future research are discussed. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 2019-05-15T02:56:20Z 2019-05-15T02:56:20Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77174 en 82 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
| title_full | Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
| title_fullStr | Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
| title_full_unstemmed | Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
| title_short | Me versus the millennial : desire for self-verification as a function of self-descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
| title_sort | me versus the millennial desire for self verification as a function of self descriptiveness of stereotype and anticipated interaction type |
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