Eye of the Storm Discussion Questions
- Using the concepts of self-concept and self-
esteem find one example from the film The Eye of the Stormthat illustrates how the eye color experiment affected the children’s self perception and/or performance for better or for worse. Explain briefly how it relates to their self-conceptand self- esteem. - Reflected Appraisalsrefer to the ways we establish our self-concept based on the way we believe others perceive us. Using this concept, share a specific example from the documentary that demonstrates how the children experienced this phenomenon.
- Find one example from the documentary of a superior social comparisonand one example of an inferior social comparison. Explain briefly how each example represents the given concept.
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- Using the concepts of self-concept and self-esteem find one example from the film The Eye of the Storm that illustrates how the eye color experiment affected the children’s self-perception and/or performance for better or for worse. Explain briefly how it relates to their self-concept and self-esteem.
None of us like to be in the eye of the storm. In hard luck up to the eyeballs where everything is turning out badly, where it’s upsetting, and we can’t generally observe an exit plan. I need to give you an alternate interpretation of being in the eye of the storm, one that may very well help you to feel increasingly right about being there.
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