Communication and the Self-Concept: Who Are You? Exercise 1 Subject: Analyzing description of self-concept When people write descriptions about themselves on their home pages, they often
leave clues to their self-concept. Examine your teacher's home page. What do
the descriptions on that home page tell you about your professor? If your professor does not have a home page, then please visit one of the biographical
descriptions of a faculty member provided on your department's web site. Exercise 2 Subject: On bumblebees and expectations Our textbook informs us that bumblebees cannot fly, according to the laws
of physics. Further, our textbook hints that bumblebees might fly because they
believe that they can (as a matter of self-fulfilling prophecy). Use
one of the many search engines available on the Web (we suggest using www.altavista.com,
www.google.com, or www.northernlight.com)
to locate more information about this phenomenon. Do you really think that self-fulfilling prophecy plays an important role in
the case of the bumblebee? Why? Exercise 3 Subject: Gender and self-concept Some believe that gender-specific toys like Barbie (www.barbie.com)
and G.I. Joe (www.gijoe.com) contribute
significantly to the formation of self-concept in children. After visiting these
websites, do you think that toys like this influence children positively or
negatively - if at all? What does your textbook have to say about how males
and females see themselves? | 
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