Exam 5: The Nature, Origins, and Functions of the Self

Tasks which ask a child to wait 20 minutes for two cookies or to ring a bell if they would like to have one cookie sooner are designed to measure:

Failures to live up to the ought self elicit _____, while failures to live up to the ideal self elicit _____.

Discuss some of the ways in which self-perception processes influence our emotions. Provide examples from research. Do you think that self-perception plays a role in all emotions, or only in some emotional experiences? What do you think the prevalence of self-perception in emotions tells us about the value of emotional experience?

What is the central proposition of self-perception theory?

The idea that changes in facial expression elicit emotions associated with those expressions is referred to as _____.

Which of the following human capabilities is NOT essential to self-regulation?

Social identity theory suggests that:

Kaguya is considering stealing a blue book which she needs for an upcoming exam from the university book store. As she is about to walk out of the store with the book, she approaches the glass doors at the entrance which reflect images of the individuals inside the store. What does research suggest is likely to happen?

What is affective forecasting? Are people skilled or not at this particular ability? Why or why not? Provide an example from your college experience or research demonstrating some of the results of affective forecasting.

According to the research, training a person to be better at a certain task will affect that person's ability to accurately evaluate of their own performance on that task in what way?

Dubula is trying to decide what he is going to write about for his term paper. He is getting an early start on the project; the paper is not due until four months from now. According to construal level theory, what kind of project topic is Dubula likely to pursue?

The EAR device is used to:

One study tracked the daily influence of events on college students' moods, and also their own perceptions of the influence of events. What were the findings of this study?

Participants in a study who were asked to eat Cheetos with chopsticks were likely to conceive of their action as:

Which of the following findings has not been demonstrated by research on self-schemas?

Hariqbal is preparing an online dating profile. One of the questions for the profile is whether he is a romantic person. In order to answer this question, Harqibal thinks back on some of his most recent actions. Since in the past week he read a book of love poems, enjoyed a dramatic film, and took a long walk by the beach, he decides that he must be a romantic person. What process has Hariqbal engaged in?

What were the results of a study in which participants were asked to deliver shocks to another participant either in front or not in front of a mirror?

The idea that the more we try not to think about something, the more those thoughts enter our mind and distract us from other things is referred to as _____.

Which of the following strategies is NOT likely to help people reduce the negative effects of ego depletion on self-control?

What is the difference between a goal and other kinds of information that might be primed in a given situation?