Self and Interaction in an Ecology of Identities

身份生态中的自我与互动

• 批准号: 0215369
• 负责人: Joseph McPherson
• 金额: $ 11.27万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0215369&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Self; Interaction; Ecology; Identities

Research shows that people usually act to maintain their image of themselves in social identities that they occupy- identities like father or son, boss or employee, friend or adversary. Current theories of identity assume that people only see themselves in one identity in each social situation, and that their behavior is guided by attempts to support that identity. Recently, the PIs have begun to consider more complex situations where people see themselves in two or more identities at the same time. For example, a policeman who stops a speeder who turns out to be his uncle is in a situation where he is simultaneously a law enforcement officer and a nephew. In this research the investigators will extend their research to examine what kinds of social systems make people more or less likely to have many identities. They will develop a theory to answer this question using computer simulations and principles about how groups and networks are related in social systems. They also investigate what kinds of situations lead people to enact more than one identity at a time, and how these situations affect how they feel. A data set that samples the situations in which University of Arizona students, faculty and staff found themselves will be used to test predictions that multiple-identity occupancy causes stress and the experience of mixed emotions.

研究表明，人们通常会在社会身份中保持自己的形象，而这些身份占据了父亲或儿子，老板或雇员，朋友或对手的身份。 当前的身份理论假设人们只在每个社会状况中都处于一种身份，而他们的行为是通过支持该身份的试图指导的。 最近，PI开始考虑更复杂的情况，在这些情况下，人们同时看到了两个或多个身份。 例如，一名阻止一名速度的警察正处于他同时是执法人员和侄子的情况下。 在这项研究中，调查人员将扩展其研究，以检查哪些类型的社会系统或多或少地具有许多身份。 他们将使用计算机模拟和有关团体和网络如何在社交系统中相关的计算机模拟和原则来开发一个理论来回答这个问题。 他们还调查了哪种情况导致人们一次实现多种身份，以及这些情况如何影响他们的感觉。 一个数据集，该数据集示例了亚利桑那大学学生，教职员工发现自己将被用来测试多个身份占用会导致压力和混合情绪经验的预测。