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

The authors of your text explain four components of the self. Which of the following is not one of these four functions?

Which of the following is out of place?

When Daphne goes on an interview, she does her best to present herself well and put her best foot forward. Which function of the self is exemplified in this situation?

After his psychology class, Albert tells his professor that she is an exceptional teacher and that he thinks she made the material interesting and engaging. Assuming that he is behaving insincerely, which of the following self-presentational tactics is Albert using?

Josie has just been diagnosed with cancer. According to the information presented in your text, first state what upward social comparisons and downward social comparisons are, then explain what Josie would gain by making an upward and a downward social comparison.

According to research mentioned in this chapter, when researchers discontinued rewards and prizes, why did elementary school children spend less time playing math games? The children probably reasoned,

Analyzing the reasons for why we feel what we do is not always the best strategy for making sense of our feelings. This is because

Simone runs simply because it gives her pleasure to exercise outside and to leave her daily worries behind as she works up a sweat. In this instance, Simone is ________ to run.

Researchers asked high school juniors what they were thinking at several points throughout the day. If you were to spend a similar amount of time thinking about yourself as these students, how much of your day would you spend?

"My happiness depends on the happiness of those around me" and "I enjoy being unique and different from others in many respects" are two items from Singelis's (1994) scale, which was designed to measure individual differences in

According to research by Dweck, a ________ is more likely to promote success both athletically and academically.

On the night of an important basketball game, Albert decided to leave his glasses at home. When his coach asked him if he wanted to return home to get them, Albert told the coach that he would rather not risk missing part of the game and that he'd try his best without them. Which of the following self-presentational strategies is Albert using?

What do the following describe: tends to persevere when times are difficult and protects against worry about death?

Michelle is going to be rewarded for completing a task, no matter how well (or poorly) it is done. This is the best definition of

In a recent study, participants who drank ________ tended to exert better self-control than those who drank ________.

Sometimes when we become self-aware, we introspect about the reasons for our attitudes or behaviors. What are some consequences of such introspection?

________ refers to the desire to undertake an activity because of external rewards, not because we find it interesting or enjoyable.

Thought suppression is much like self-control in that they both

Sometimes people find it difficult to correctly interpret why they are experiencing physiological arousal, and look to their situation for a good interpretation. Consider the evidence for the idea of misattribution of arousal: first, state what misattribution of arousal is; second, under what circumstances is it most likely to happen; and third, how would you use misattribution of arousal to your advantage if you were trying to encourage someone to be attracted to you?

According to research, when participants were asked to first suppress a thought, they later performed worse ________ in the second task.