Exam 6: The Self in the Social World

A system of beliefs from which one derives standards of conduct or behavior is collectively known as ______.

Although Jason tends to goof off at his job most of the year, he always works extremely hard to impress his boss during the 6 weeks before his annual evaluation. He is apparently trying to take advantage of ______.

Adolescent girls today, on average, express ______ regarding their occupational plans.

Each of the following is true EXCEPT ______.

Carl Rogers believed that people's behavior took ugly turns ______.

Describe the various parts of the self and discuss how, together, these parts meld together to form the self.

First impressions are typically lasting impressions.

Which of the following is NOT true of names?

In comparing prejudice with discrimination, one must remember that ______.

The self-serving bias is ______.

Carl tends to act on whims. He has no stable set of beliefs, no coherent plans for his future, and is not attempting to develop any. He just sort of "lives for the moment." He is best described as having an identity status of ______.

Our ______ involve the importance we place on objects and things.

When people like us, they are likely to ______.

A career woman is much more aggressive at work than her male boss thinks women should be. She has violated his ______ schema.

In a study in which men and women were asked to gaze into each others' eyes for two minutes, they reported ______.

Everyone experiences an identity crisis at some point in his or her lives.

Of the following, a person from ______ is most likely to attribute personal failure to lack of ability and personal successes to luck.

In the fundamental attribution error, we tend to ______.

Waterman & Nevid's research found that among college students, the highest incidence of identity diffusion was in ______.

Names influence our perceptions of physical attractiveness.