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

There are gender differences in how men and women define themselves. Men are more likely to identify with ________, whereas women are more likely to identify with ________.

Whereas Americans have a proverb, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease," Japanese have a proverb that states "The nail that stands out gets pounded down." These two different proverbs mirror social-psychological research that has demonstrated that people in Asian cultures

Self-perception theory argues that when our attitudes or feelings aren't clear, we often infer them by observing

According to the authors of your text, extrinsic rewards are most likely to diminish intrinsic motivation when

To summarize the information about "telling more than we can know," often factors that seem like they should affect us ________ and factors that seem like they should have no impact ________.

According to the authors of your text, the overjustification effect is the tendency for people to view their behavior as caused by something

Complete the following analogy: "practice makes perfect": ________ : : "born leader" : ________.

Assume that when exposed to a mirror, chimpanzees will use the mirror to aid in grooming (e.g., to pick food from their teeth) and to entertain themselves by making faces. The chimps' behavior in front of the mirror would suggest that

The authors of your text describe Masako Owada's decision to give up her career and marry the crown prince of Japan. Many Americans viewed her decision as to the result of coercion and sexism. How do many Japanese view her decision?

Self-handicapping

According to research mentioned in this chapter, after observing the amount of time elementary students spent playing new math games, researchers provided rewards to children for playing with the games. After the rewards were removed,

Which of the following is an example of a causal theory for behavior/feelings?

Researchers asked participants to keep journals of their daily moods and of other variables, such as the weather and how much sleep they got the night before. When asked, many participants reported the amount of sleep the night before was correlated with their moods. When information recorded in the journals was subjected to more systematic statistical analysis, it was found that amount of sleep was not related to participants' self-reported moods. This is most likely because participants

In Japan, you can rent fake guests for a wedding, a fake audience for a public lecture, and fake mourners for a funeral. These "convenience agencies" (benriya) exist because

The two major ways that a person may self-handicap are ________ and ________.

Rosemary was invited to a dinner party by a colleague from her new job. Although she was told to arrive around 7:00, Rosemary made sure that she did not arrive before 7:30 so she would not appear overly eager. In which of the following strategies is Rosemary engaging?

Many social psychologists assert that much of our sense of self arises from our interactions with or observations of others: in effect, that the self is social. How does Leon Festinger's social comparison theory fit this conceptualization self?

Walt's older brother Seymour decided to give him some incentive to continue doing well in school. Seymour told Walt that for every "A" he received on his report card, he would reward him with a comic book. Seymour is offering Walt a(n) ________ reward.

Based on the information in your text about intrinsic motivation, who would be most likely to lose their enthusiasm for reading if a "Read for Cash" program were implemented in their school?

Leonie really likes Giorgi and would like for him to like her. Based on the research presented in this chapter, where should she suggest they go for a date?