Exam 4: Self and Identity

Jerry tends to overestimate how good a writer he is. Jerry is engaging in:

According to the metacontrast principle, category prototypes are used to accentuate ________ within groups and ________ between groups.

The minimal group paradigm:

The idea that we form a concept of ourselves from how we think others see us is:

Even though May has had no payrise, no promotion, and can't see either happening in the near future, she has been working overtime, even skipping tea and lunch breaks. According to the overjustification effect, she will most likely:

Major historical processes, such as secularisation and industrialisation, were:

According to Sedikides (1993), which self-motive was the strongest?

Rosa has settled shortly after her arrival from the Philippines. When interacting with the neighbours she is likely to:

Mary's view is that we gain self-knowledge by making self-attributions. She has clearly been influenced by ________ theory.

In Fazio, Effrein and Falender's (1981) study, researchers asked loaded questions of people about themselves. They found that participants:

Millie is a member of a youth group. She is proud of this and feels she is a better person as a result. She is a living example of:

Identity requires ________ for it to persist and serve a useful function, which is why we pursue ________.

Jenny loves knitting and most of her friends now own a beautifully knitted jumper. But now she is selling her jumpers through a craft shop and, although she makes quite a lot of money for each jumper, she can't seem to get motivated anymore. 'Ha!' you say, 'social psychology tells us that she would have loved knitting earlier because _________'.

The class of identity that defines the self in terms of group memberships is:

Which of the following is NOT a major threat to a person's self-esteem?

If Melissa wanted to gauge her skill as a new ice skater, according to the social comparison theory, who would she compare herself to?

Is the self an individual or a collective phenomenon? Those who advocate an individual self have tended to prevail because:

In seeking self-conceptual coherence, people:

Greenberg and colleagues suggested that one reason why people pursue self-esteem is to:

Bem's self-perception theory maintains that people construct an impression of their own personality by: