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Twenty Coding

The document describes four categories - A, B, C, and D - for classifying responses to the prompt "I am...". A-mode responses describe physical attributes, B-mode describe social roles/groups, C-mode reflect personal traits/emotions, and D-mode are more abstract. It provides examples for each category and notes some responses could fit multiple categories. Readers are asked to classify their own responses and reflect on how well the categories/descriptions fit different self-concepts.

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Twenty Coding

The document describes four categories - A, B, C, and D - for classifying responses to the prompt "I am...". A-mode responses describe physical attributes, B-mode describe social roles/groups, C-mode reflect personal traits/emotions, and D-mode are more abstract. It provides examples for each category and notes some responses could fit multiple categories. Readers are asked to classify their own responses and reflect on how well the categories/descriptions fit different self-concepts.

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Now it’s time to score your responses according to the following four categories.

Evaluate, to
the best of your ability, which responses fall into the A-mode, B-mode, C-mode, and D-mode
categories.

• A-mode responses are physical characteristics or attributes. Examples: “I am short”; “I


am a Wisconsin resident”; “I am strong”; “I am tired.”
• B-mode responses describe socially defined relationships, roles and statuses usually
associated with group membership of some sort. Examples: “I am a college student”; “I
am a Catholic”; “I am an African American”; “I am a gamer”; “I am a daughter”; “I am a
sales clerk.”
• C-mode responses reflect personal traits, styles of behavior, or emotional states.
Examples: “I am a happy person”; “I am a country music fan”; “I am competitive”; “I am
laid-back”; “I am a fashionable dresser.”
• D-mode responses are more general than specific; they may express an abstract or
existential quality: “I am me”; “I am part of the universe”; “I am a human being ”; “I am
alive.”

You may have some difficulty deciding how to categorize certain responses—for example,
where does “I am an American” go? Is it an A-mode, because it is where I live as a physical
location, or is it a B-mode, because it is my nationality and the country with which I identify? Or
where does “I am lazy” go? Is it an A-mode, because it describes my current physical state, or is
it a C-mode, because it is one of my habitual character traits? Use your best judgment.

Now count the number of each type of response and provide the totals for each mode at the
bottom.

According to Kuhn and other social psychologists:

• Those with more A-mode responses may feel that they have a “skin deep” self-concept,
based more on their appearance to others than on their internal qualities.
• The primary characteristics of the B-mode, or “institutional,” self is a willingness to
adhere to group standards and accept group obligations as well as an orientation
toward the future and a sense that the individual is linked to others.
• The primary characteristics of the C-mode, or “impulsive,” self is the pursuit of
individual satisfaction, an orientation toward the present, and a sense that the
individual should not be linked to others and that group obligations inhibit individual
expression.
• those with more D-mode responses are harder to categorize and may feel uncertain
about the source of their sense of self

In your analysis, be sure to evaluate how accurate you think these category descriptions are.

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