Exam 17: What You Know About You: the Self

According to self-discrepancy theory, what emotion arises from discrepancies between ideal and actual selves?

Do people from individualist and collectivist cultures differ in terms of the need for self-regard and behavioral consistency? What theoretical perspective may help to explain these similarities or differences?

Define the distinction between declarative self-knowledge and procedural self-knowledge. Identify and describe the important aspects of declarative self-knowledge.

The overall opinion of the self is called ________.

What is the name of the cognitive structure that contains the declarative self?

Which methods are appropriate for identifying self-schema?

Someone who is high in self-consciousness and primed with words related to stereotypes about senior citizens might ________.

According to the text, individuals in India never use personality trait terms to describe their acquaintances.

What "selves" are two aspects of procedural self-knowledge?

Members of collectivist cultures are more consistent in their behavior than members of individualist cultures.

Providing individuals with ________ seems to be the best way to raise self-esteem.

Behavioral consistency is positively associated with ________ in American culture, whereas behavior consistency is ________ in Korean culture.

Sarah moved from a small town in Ohio to New York City and has since learned a lot about herself. According to the realistic accuracy model, she has expanded the amount of information available at the ________ stage of the RAM.

On average, a Japanese person who is relatively happier than her peers in one context will also tend to be happier than her peers in another context.

Procedural knowledge can be taught by reading and listening to lectures.

Individuals with amnesia are ________, which suggests that accurate self-knowledge ________ memories of specific life events.

Individuals from ________ are least likely to demonstrate consistencies in self-descriptions across situations.

According to the ________ theory of self-esteem, low self-esteem might serve as a warning signal for rejection.

What is self-esteem? What purpose does it have and what does it seem to predict? What is self-enhancement? Is there a difference between self-enhancement and self-esteem?

What emotions are thought to occur when a stranger harms aspects of your me self?