Exam 4: The Self: Answering the Question: Who Am I

A person's overall attitude towards him- or herself is known as ________.

The self-evaluation maintenance model suggests that we will ________ others who outperform us in an important area.

Individuals who have high self-esteem and could be described as showing instability may exhibit

Raza performed very poorly on an essay test in her Social Psychology class.Later,Raza learned that the professor had been particularly harsh in his grading that day because he had just received some upsetting news.Raza's sense of well-being is likely to ________.

Lower self-esteem among women across cultures is largely due to the ________ women receive from others.

According to research,high self-esteem is associated with all of the following EXCEPT

Nisbett and Wilson (1977)showed that,after an action,we examine our ________ and generate ________ reasons for why we acted a certain way.

Henry feels helpless at his job,feels that he cannot control his workday,and feels that he is useless,worthless,and inept.These characteristics would probably mean that Henry has ________.

Recent research (Dijksterhuis,2004)has shown that subliminal presentations of "I" or "me" with positive trait terms such as "nice" or "smart" will ________ implicit self-esteem and prevent ________ when negative false feedback is given later.

Kim is an American but spent much of her childhood in Japan.She is fluent in both English and Japanese.We might reasonably expect her response to the question "Who am I?" to differ depending on the language (Japanese or English)of the question because ________.

The personal identity ________.

People's personal identities,and their various social identities,require them to be different people in different contexts.This results in________.

Research indicates that people's online identities often reflect ____________.

________ involves using praise of important others as a way to encourage them to like us and approve of us.

When thinking about a bad or happy event and predicting our future level of happiness,we tend to ________.

People who tell more lies tend to be ____.This supports the idea that people lie in order to____.

According to social comparison theory,we are most likely to compare our abilities to those of another person when ________.

Research indicates that if we think about our future possible selves we can be inspired to

Explain what is meant by the personal-social identity continuum.

Research on self-control has demonstrated that engaging in self-regulation _____.