TheTwentyStatementsTestAnalyzingEverydayLife:TheTwentyStatementsTest:WhoAmI?Thisexerciseasksyoutolookathowsocialaffiliationshelptoshapeourself-concept.FirstcompleteStep1,withoutgoingtoorreadingtheStep2!Step1:TheTwentyStatementsTest(TST)Writedowntwentydifferentresponsestothequestion“WhoamI?”Don’tworryaboutevaluatingthelogicorimportanceofyourresponses—justwritetheanswersastheyoccurtoyou.Giveyourselffiveminutestocompletethistask.1.Iam.2.Iam.3.Iam.4.Iam.5.Iam.6.Iam.7.Iam.8.Iam.9.Iam.10.Iam.11.Iam.12.Iam.13.Iam.14.Iam.15.Iam.16.Iam.17.Iam.18.Iam.19.Iam.20.Iam.Step2Nowit’stimetoanalyzeyourresponses.Rateeachoneaccordingtothefourcategorieslistedbelow.Evaluate,tothebestofyourability,whichresponsesfallintotheA-mode,B-mode,C-mode,andD-modecategories.A-moderesponsesarethetypeofphysicalcharacteristicsfoundonyourdriver’slicense:“Iamablonde”;“Iamshort”;IamaWisconsinresident.”B-moderesponsesdescribesociallydefinedstatusesusuallyassociatedwithgroupmembershipofsomesort:“Iamacollegestudent”;“IamaCatholic”;IamanAfricanAmerican.”C-moderesponsesdescribestylesofbehaviororemotionalstates:“Iamahappyperson”;“Iamacountrymusicfan”;“Iamafashionabledresser.”D-moderesponsesaremoregeneralthanindividual:“Iampartoftheuniverse”;“Iamahumanbeing.”Youmayhavesomedifficultydecidinghowtocategorizesomeofyourresponses—forexample,wheredoes“IamanAmerican”go—inA,B,orD?Useyourbestjudgment.Countthenumberofeachtypeofresponse.Nowcomparethetotals—whichcategorygotthemostresponses?Youmaywanttocompareyourfindingswiththoseofyourclassmates;wheredoyourfellowstudentsgettheirsenseofself?Wepredictthat,evenifyouyourselfgavemoreB-moderesponses,thepredominantmodeinyourclassroomisC.ThosewithmoreB-moderesponsesbasetheirself-conceptongroupmembershipandinstitutionalroles.ThosewithmoreC-moderesponsesseethemselvesasmoreindependent,anddefinethemselvesaccordingtotheirindividualactionsandemotionsratherthantheirconnectionstoothers.Itislikelythattherearefew(ifany)peoplewhoseresponsesfallpredominantlyintheAorDmode.ThosewithmoreA-moderesponsesmayfeelthattheyhavea“skindeep”self-concept,basedmoreontheirappearancetoothersthanontheirinternalqualities.ThosewithmoreD-moderesponsesarehardertocategorize,andmayfeeluncertainaboutthesourceoftheirsenseofself.TheTSTwasdevelopedbysocialpsychologistManfredKuhn(KuhnandMcPartland1954)asawayofdeterminingthedegreetowhichwebaseourself-conceptsonourmembershipindifferentgroups.ThetestwasusedlaterbyLouisZurcher(1977)tostudythechangingself-imagesofAmericans.Zurcherfoundthatinthe1960s,individualsweremorelikelytogiveB-mode,responses,butinthe1970sand1980s,peopleweremorelikelytogiveC-moderesponses.Whileyoumightthinkitbettertobeanindependentactorthantobedefinedbyyourgroupmembership,ZurcherandhiscolleagueRalphTurnerbecameconcernedaboutthistrendawayfromgroupidentificationandtowardamoreradicallyindividualisticsenseofself.Whyweretheysoconcerned?TheprimarycharacteristicsoftheC-mode,or“impulsive,”self(Turner1976)arethepursuitofindividualsatisfaction,anorientationtowardthepresent,andasensethattheindividualshouldnotbelinkedtoothersandthatgroupobligationsinhibitindividualexpression.TheprimarycharacteristicsoftheB-mode,or“institutional,”selfareawillingnesstoadheretogroupstandardsandtoacceptgroupobligations,aswellasanorientationtowardthefutureandasensethattheindividualislinkedtoothers.ZurcherandTurnerworriedthatasocietyfullofself-interested(andevenselfish),impulsiveindividualsmightnolongercareaboutthecommongood,andwouldonlyworktosatisfytheirownneeds.BesuretocompletelyaddressalltopicsinthepromptaboveaswellasthefollowingquestionspayingspecificattentiontotheoutcomeofyourTST:-I.Doyoudothingsforyourownbenefitorforthebenefitofthegroup?Provideexamples.-II.Howdidyougettohavetheselfyouhave?-III.Whatdoyouthinkaretheconsequencesforasocietyoverwhelminglypopulatedbyonepersonalitytypeortheother?Whatwouldsociety’sinstitutionslooklikeiftheyweredominatedbyBorCmodeonlypeople?-IV.Arethesetwoorientationsmutuallyexclusive,orcanyoucombinethebestpartsofboth?Ifthelatter,whatcanyoudoinordertobringthatabout?Besuretoanswertheabovequestionsthoroughlyandthoughtfullyforfullcredit(anyomissionswillresultinlossofpointsonthisassignment).AlsobesuretoattachyourTwentyStatementsTest(the“IAm”statementsyoudidabove)toyourwrittenpaper!