Exam 6: The Self in the Social World

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways recommended by your text for raising your self-esteem?

A concept is most similar to what cognitive psychologists call a(n) ______.

According to your text, college women with masculine names, who use them, are more ______ than women with masculine names who use feminine nicknames.

Carl Rogers believed that people are naturally prosocial.

The part of the self that consists of your observable features such as height, weight, hair color, etc., is the ______.

Humans the world over appear to have a need to feel good about themselves.

______ touch other people when they are interacting with them.

Which of the following is MOST likely to be interpreted as being shy, deceptive, or depressed?

European American girls tend to have higher self-esteem than African-American girls.

Because of their health limitations, elderly people should not engage in sexual activity.

Explain what values are and why they are important to self-development.

Your self-approval, or self-respect, is your ______.

Identify and briefly describe five ways one can boost one's self-esteem.

Carl Rogers is known for developing ______ therapy.

According to your text, parents of boys with high self-esteem were likely to be ______.

According to the actor-observer effect, people tend to attribute the behavior of others to ______ factors while attributing their own behavior to ______ factors.

A negative behavior resulting from prejudice in which members from the group against whom the prejudice is aimed are denied their rights is called ______.

In Bulgaria, people shake their heads up and down to signal ______.

Identity foreclosure is most common in heterogeneous societies.

One way of combating prejudice is to seek compliance with the law.