Exam 6: The Self in the Social World

We hold others responsible for their misdeeds, but we tend to see ourselves as victims of circumstances.

The identity status that describes individuals who have neither arrived at a commitment nor experienced an identity crisis is ______.

Identify the various types of schemas and explain how they influence our perceptions of others.

Social roles and masks are usually deceptions and lies.

For many college students, sexual decision making and not occupational choice occupies center stage in the resolution of personal identity.

The self-serving bias is ______.

People who reach the status of identity achievement tend to be ______ in their pursuits.

Allport recognized each of the following as a condition necessary for intergroup contact to reduce prejudice EXCEPT ______.

According to your text, ______ experiences an identity crisis; ______ develops a commitment to a life role.

Erikson believed that the key to identity development was ______.

A personal explanation of the causes of behavior is ______.

We get along best with people whose values resemble our own.

Self-concepts and self-ideals are examples of ______ schemas.

Erik Erikson's views on the development of personality were intended to apply primarily to ______.

The tendency to evaluate others in terms of first impressions is called the ______.

Rodney views all of his successes as being due to his own talents and skills, while viewing all of his failures as the result of other people getting in his way. This is typical of ______.

Self esteem tends to ______.

Cindy tells Jim that she fired him because she was ordered to by her own bosses. Her explanation for firing Jim is based on ______.

Contact between members of different racial groups can reduce prejudice.

Compare and contrast prejudice and discrimination, and identify at least five sources of prejudice.