Exam 2: The Self in a Social World

Experimental participants guessed answers to very difficult aptitude questions and were told they had done well. While they still felt lucky, they were given a choice of drugs to take before answering the remaining questions. Most chose to take the drug they believed would

In your first year of university, it appeared that all your professors thought you were a very competent student. As a result, you enter second year confident of your academic abilities. This is an example of

A comparison between how the self is viewed now and how the self was viewed in the past or how the self is expected to be viewed in the future is referred to as

With an interdependent self, one has a greater sense of

Which of the following is NOT one of the major sources of self-serving bias?

Research suggests that people maintain a positive view of themselves by downplaying (disparaging) their

The notion that we often have implicit attitudes that differ from our explicit attitudes defines the concept of

study of temporal comparison shows that people perceive positive past selves as

Jack is deciding when he should start an assignment. He predicts it will take him a couple of hours so he decides to leave it until the night before. This is an example of

If you wanted to improve the self-evaluations of your sales staff, when would be the best time to show them a video celebrating the achievements of a top sales representative?

Hospital patients trained to believe in their ability to control stress tend to

In their study of young married Canadians, Ross and Sicoly reported a tendency for them to

Which group of people is more likely to be obnoxious, to interrupt, and to talk at people rather than with them?

Which of the following does not apply to a person with an interdependent self?

In Scotland most late adolescents think they are much less likely than their peers to become infected by the AIDS virus. This best illustrates

Prisoners given some control over their environments (e.g., being able to move chairs, control TV sets, and switch the lights)

In Western culture it is generally assumed that one's life will be enriched by defining _______ and believing in _________.

People who self-monitor adjust their behaviour to internal situations.

Learned helplessness leads to

The bottom-up view of self-esteem means