Exam 2: The Self in a Social World

Carmen was assigned a term paper at the start of her Social Psychology class.She figured it would only take two days to write the paper so she did not start it until two days before it was due.Halfway through the second day Carmen was devastated;she wasn't even halfway done yet! Carmen's underestimation of how long it would take her to complete her paper is an example of

Greenberg (2008)argues that,to manage their fear of death and feel that their lives are not in vain,people seek to pursue self-esteem by meeting the standards of their society.This is known as

_______ is defined as the beliefs about the self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information.

Describe how self-presentation is linked with self-esteem and self-monitoring.

In Savitsky and Gilovich's study,public speakers who were informed about the illusion-of-transparency phenomenon felt

According to Myers,we are prone to "impact bias," or _______ the impact of emotion-causing events (such as finding out the results after being tested for HIV).

John is about to become a father.He wants to be the "cool dad" but fears that he will be a harsh disciplinarian like his father was.These two types of fathers represent John's

Learning about immune neglect,which statement applies to how most people respond to failing an exam?

Mark knows that he is an excellent liar but he doesn't feel very good about himself in general.Mark is likely to score _____ on measures of self-esteem and _____ on measures of self-efficacy.

Persons from western cultures (e.g. ,America,England),relative to persons from eastern cultures (e.g. ,China,Korea),tend to

People who successfully stop smoking and do well in school tend to have a(n)_______ locus of control.

Assuming that other people are as prejudiced against a certain group as we are can easily be explained by

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that the self-serving bias is adaptive?

In a recent study,Gentile et al.(2010)found that U.S.college students' most common score on a self-esteem measure was

Giving priority to the goals of one's group,such as one's family or workplace,and defining one's identity accordingly is called

The false uniqueness effect is

Which of the following maxims best represents the concept of individualism?

Jack is very nervous about meeting his future in-laws for the first time.On the day they arrive at his home to meet him,he greets them in ripped sweat pants and a stained T-shirt.Later,his fiancé tells him that her parents were unimpressed with him.Which of the following best describes Jack's behavior?

You prefer that professors post exam scores (by identification number),rather than returning them individually.It makes you feel better to see how you did in comparison to other students.This is an example of what social psychology phenomenon?

If your initial efforts to lose weight,stop smoking,or improve your grades are successful,it is likely that your self-efficacy will