Exam 6: The Key Self-Motives: Consistency, Esteem, Presentation, and Growth

Salina is nervous about her upcoming tennis match with her new team.Instead of getting a good night's sleep prior to the match,she goes to a party and stays out late.Salina is engaging in:

Basking in reflected glory refers to people's tendency to:

Being kind to the self when one fails or feels inadequate is referred to as:

A study by Cialdini (1976)and colleagues on people's reactions to their college sports team showed that students were more likely to wear school apparel when the football team had recently won a game.This study BEST demonstrates:

According to research on self-verification,people who have positive views of themselves seek out others who _____,and people who have negative views of themselves seek out others who _____.

If you work hard for your grade,then you tend to value that grade more.This is because of:

Research finds that when individuals face a threat to their self-esteem,they prefer to:

If you assign to other people the traits that you fear you possess,then you are engaging in:

Yamir attends sociology class because he would feel guilty if he didn't attend.However,he doesn't really feel that sociology connects to his sense of what he wants to do with his life.Yamir attends the class because of:

Arnost is taking a psychology course to learn more about himself and his personal growth.This is an example of:

In a study by Gilovich and colleagues (2000),undergraduate students entered a room wearing Barry Manilow T-shirts.Those wearing the T-shirts:

Andrei has a group of friends who are politically liberal.His family,however,is politically very conservative.Andrei tries to make sure that his liberal friends and his conservative family members are never in the same place at the same time.This is an example of the self-presentational strategy of:

Francis experienced early success as a musician.He was well liked when he performed in local clubs and bars,and a representative from a record company expressed interest in signing him to a label.However,before he achieved national recognition,his partner died,which caused Francis to fall into a deep depression,and he gave up his dream of being a musician.Now Francis spends his time alone and working in a local coffee shop.Francis's story is an example of:

All of the following are mechanisms that people use routinely to maintain their self-esteem EXCEPT:

The theory of _____ states,among other things,that to reduce discomfort we may find a way to justify our actions to ourselves.

The desire for others to perceive us in the same way that we see ourselves is called:

An example of using the strategy of trivialization to reduce dissonance is:

In a study on induced hypocrisy and condom use,which participants were most likely to purchase a condom at the end of the study?

All of the following are fundamental motives behind self-presentation EXCEPT:

Self-determination theory proposes that _____ motivation is the most healthy and fulfilling for the person.