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.

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

Which of the following is NOT a way that people escape aversive self-awareness?

Reading programs that are intended to encourage children to read more by paying them to read books is an example of using __________.

Social tuning is the process by which people __________.

Agustin knows you're taking a psychology class and wants to know what he can do to be more disciplined in a few weeks when midterm exams come around. What advice do you have, based on the information in this chapter?

Self-concept is defined as __________.

Self-handicapping helps individuals make __________ attributions for their performance.

Who most likely believes a causal theory?

When people make an upward social comparison, they are comparing themselves to __________.

__________ refers to the desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it, not because we expect external rewards.

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

Why are women more critical of people who self-handicap? Women, more than men, __________.

Of the following examples, who is LEAST likely to be successful in implementing self-control?

After starting your job, your manager sends you a friend request on Facebook. You accept but find that your manager posts the most childish jokes on his page. When he asks you in the morning if you saw his post last night, you say, "Yes, and I thought it was hilarious. I particularly liked the joke about the three men entering the bar." You are using __________ to help your manager like you.

Researchers briefly anesthetized chimpanzees and painted an odorless red dye on their heads. When they awoke and looked in the mirror, the chimps immediately reached to touch their brows and ears where the dye was. These findings suggest that chimps __________.

The mindset that our abilities are malleable qualities that we can cultivate and nurture best describes a __________ mindset.

Charles is motivated to see himself accurately. What kind of social comparison is he most likely to make?

Which of the following is using a reported self-handicapping strategy?

Intrinsic motivation is to __________ as extrinsic motivation is to __________.