Exam 5: The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

There is evidence that suggests that there are cultural differences in how people view themselves. Describe, using an example, how people from collectivist cultures tend to view themselves, and how people from individualist cultures tend to view themselves.

A fixed mindset is the idea that abilities are

People engage in self-handicapping strategies in order to avoid

Because Eastern cultures tend to value ________, there is more effort devoted to ________.

There are national programs that encourage children to read by offering them rewards (e.g., pizza, money) for reading. Advocates of this program argue that rewarding children for reading will encourage them to read, rather than watch television or play video games. These advocates are most like ________ psychologists in their approach to encouraging children to read.

When Jessie sits down for the first day of class, the person next to him, Blake, is wearing a "Free Tibet" shirt. After a few minutes of talking, Jessie realizes that he likes Blake. Which of the following is most likely to happen based on the idea of social tuning?

Based on the idea of overjustification, if you have a group of children who already enjoy reading which of the following would be most likely to decrease their intrinsic motivation?

Which of the following is out of place?

Which of the following ways of understanding ourselves is social? We

Shellie has a growth mindset. She has just found out that she did poorly on an exam. Which of the following is she most likely to do?

When Linda was a child, her friends at school all earned a lot of money if their grades were good. Linda went to her parents and asked that she be given money for good report cards. Her parents agreed. She would earn a nickel for every "A" and a dollar if she earned all "A's." Her friends, of course, were offered much more money for good grades. Using the overjustification effect, explain why Linda's parents might have offered her such meager monetary rewards for academic success.

Describe how a self-perception theorist would explain how you come to decide whether you really like your new roommate.

Pablo had always gotten much satisfaction out of caring for his brothers and sisters when they were sick. A few months ago, Pablo's father convinced him to take a job at a hospital as a nurse's aide so that he could earn money doing what he enjoyed. Now that Pablo has been working at the hospital for a while, he no longer enjoys caring for sick people as much as he did before he took the job. One reason for Pablo's attitude change may be that the job has undermined his ________ for helping others.

The psychological differences between men and women can be characterized as

If you were to design a program using rewards to increase motivation, what type of rewards would it be the best to use, according to the authors of your text?

Schachter and Singer's (1962) experiment in which participants were injected with epinephrine-allegedly as part of a study of the effects of a vitamin compound on vision-is one of the most famous studies in social psychology because the experiment showed that

Stanley Schachter's (1964) two-factor theory of emotion is both a biological and a social theory of emotion. Explain.

Which of the following are self-esteem preserving processes?

In order to preserve intrinsic motivation and be effective, which is the best strategy for a parent to use when praising a child? Praise the child's

Which of the following is out of place?