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

The principal of a local elementary school plans to implement a "Reading for Cash" program, whereby children would be given cash rewards for reading. Before investing in this plan, the principal asks for your assessment. Because ________ tend to ________, you would probably tell her that the program would not be an effective way to increase interest in reading.

Why would cognitive attributional processes be involved in helping us label emotions?

One evening after work, Barbara arrives home in a very bad mood. Noticing this, her husband James asks her why she seems so angry and upset. Barbara hadn't thought about her mood before James mentioned it, and now she thinks hard about what has caused her to be so sullen. She decides that it was because she was hungry and tired, and she tells James so. Barbara is ________ her behavior.

At the amusement park, Keon's heart begins beating rapidly and his palms begin to sweat. He reasons that since he is next in line for a ride on a roller coaster, he must be feeling exhilarated. This sequence of events in which Keon first perceives his arousal and subsequently labels it is consistent with the

Attempting to get others to see you as you want to be seen is the definition of

While riding a harrowing roller coaster, Jim notices that the person sitting next to him is extremely attractive and he resolves to get her phone number when the ride is over. Jim is probably doing this because he is

Recall that Dutton and Aron (1974) had an attractive female confederate approach men either on a high, narrow, swaying suspension bridge, or else on the other side of the bridge where they were sitting. In thinking about processes of misattribution of arousal, which group of men was more likely to call the confederate later and ask her for a date?

According to the authors of your text, which of the following is considered crucial to the development of the self-concept?

________ posits that we learn about our own abilities and attitudes by comparing ourselves to other people.

Mrs. Hill has decided to provide her first-grade students with gold stars to reward them for reading. She has decided to use performance-contingent rewards. To do this, she will give gold stars

All of the following except ________ are ways of giving praise that can enhance a child's intrinsic motivation.

The fact that people do not spend much time thinking about themselves-and that when they do, they are often unable to find the reasons for feelings and behavior-are two reasons why ________ can be considered a source of faulty information about the self.

Which person is not making a downward social comparison?

Kevin just got a low grade on his term paper. If Kevin has a ________ mindset, he would be most likely to give up and reduce his efforts in the class, feeling as though he is just "a bad writer."

According to the authors of your text, ________ explains why providing young children large rewards for reading (e.g., money, prizes) might actually backfire and convince them that they don't really like reading as much as they thought at first.

A coach wants to motivate his soccer team to score more often by using a reward system. Based on what you read about preserving intrinsic motivation, how is it best for him to reward his team?

Consider the following self-description: "I have blue eyes and brown hair. I have two sisters. I hate vegetables, but I love ice cream." Such a self-description was most likely provided by the typical

The increase in the use of first person pronouns (e.g., I, me) is proposed as evidence of

Because they convey information to people that they are good at an activity, ________ are not likely to reduce intrinsic interest in that activity.

Athletes like Michael Jordan and Mia Hamm feel that they aren't great athletes, but that they became great through effort and hard work, and that they can continue to grow through effort. What type of mindset does this best exemplify?