What is the socius?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The socius, a term coined by James Mark Baldwin, is a social unit that refers to our social self. The socius is the outcome of the exchange between the self and the other (or alter).
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You are listening to a radio broadcast which describes a person who donated a kidney to a complete stranger in need of a transplant, when the phone rings and the fireman's association asks you to make a donation. The idea of priming suggests that you will
a. be less likely to make a donation because your self-esteem has been threatened by realizing that you will never be as saintly as the person in the story. b. be more likely to make a donation because you are in a good mood after hearing the heartwarming story. c. be more likely to make a donation because the schema of being charitable has been made more accessible. d. not be affected in your likelihood of making a donation by the radio broadcast.
Which of the following statements best describes the central process, an organizing concept of psychosocial theory?
a. The central process identifies a discrepancy between a developmental task and stage. b. The dichotomy of a psychosocial crisis is reflected in the central process. c. The central process helps to resolve the psychosocial crisis. d. The epigenetic principle allows internalization of processes central to development.