Question 1

Sofia admires and respects her psychology professor.She is considering becoming a psychologist herself.Should her professor become a role model for her,Sofia may become a psychologist herself if she ________.

Accepted Answer

A) overcomes her fear of failure 
B) sees this as an unachievable potential self 
C) distracts herself from this state of self-awareness 
D) sees this as an undesirable potential self 
E) sees this as a desirable and achievable potential self

Question 2

The self-evaluation maintenance model suggests that we will ________ others who perform more poorly than we do in an important area.

Accepted Answer

A) distance ourselves from 
B) share an identity with 
C) modify our social identity with 
D) strongly dislike 
E) move closer to

Question 3

In Ross and Wilson's interesting experiments,participants who perceived a past self as ________ were likely to be more critical of ________ than when they perceived their past self as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) more recent;past mistakes;further in the past 
B) more recent;past successes;further in the past 
C) further in the past;past mistakes;more recent 
D) further in the past;past successes;more recent 
E) more recent;rosy expectations of the future;further in the past

Question 4

Self-esteem is likely to be LOWEST in ________.

Accepted Answer

A) home-makers in India 
B) career women in England 
C) career men in the United States of America 
D) politicians in any country 
E) unemployed men in Finland

Question 5

________ occurs when an individual thinks that she or he may be judged in light of a negative stereotype about his or her social identity.

Accepted Answer

A) Performance deficit 
B) Negativity bias 
C) Hindsight bias 
D) Stereotype anxiety 
E) Stereotype threat

Question 6

Whenever Mike enters his family's den where the sports trophies that he has won are on the mantle,his self-esteem is temporarily boosted.This is best described as caused by the fact that ________.

Accepted Answer

A) self-esteem is responsive to life events 
B) self-esteem is the result of family members' opinions 
C) athletic skill is highly prized by males 
D) people generally feel better about themselves in their own homes 
E) while self-esteem is temporarily boosted,it is very short-lived

Question 7

People tend to describe themselves in different ways under different circumstances.According to Mendoza-Denton's (2001)research,people who are given prompts that implied a particular social setting tend to describe themselves using ________ terms.

Accepted Answer

A) relationship-based 
B) situationally contingent 
C) state-like and specific 
D) state specific 
E) trait-like and global

Question 8

Kayla has decided to get a body piercing.Her expectation is that she might well receive ________ by (from)her mom's mainstream friends.This will likely cause her to ________ identify with ________.

Accepted Answer

A) rejection;more closely;others who have a body piercing 
B) acceptance;more closely;others who have a body piercing 
C) rejection;less closely;other kids at school 
D) rejection;more closely;kids who were forced to give up their body piercing 
E) acceptance;more closely;others who reconsidered getting such a piercing

Question 9

Positive self-talk such as "I am a lovable person" tends to ___.

Accepted Answer

A) improve self-esteem overall. 
B) improve self-esteem for individuals with low self-esteem. 
C) sometimes decrease happiness for people with low self-esteem. 
D) sometimes decrease happiness for people with high self-esteem. 
E) not have any real effect on people.

Question 10

When people described themselves as they were five years ago,or as they are today,they saw their past self as more _______,and their present self as more ________.

Accepted Answer

A) dispositionally guided;situationally variable 
B) situationally variable;dispositionally guided 
C) socially-challenged;financially-challenged 
D) time-management-oriented;content-focus-oriented 
E) trait-simple;trait-complex

Exam 4: The Self: Answering the Question: Who Am I

Sofia admires and respects her psychology professor.She is considering becoming a psychologist herself.Should her professor become a role model for her,Sofia may become a psychologist herself if she ________.

The self-evaluation maintenance model suggests that we will ________ others who perform more poorly than we do in an important area.

In Ross and Wilson's interesting experiments,participants who perceived a past self as were likely to be more critical of than when they perceived their past self as .

Self-esteem is likely to be LOWEST in ________.

________ occurs when an individual thinks that she or he may be judged in light of a negative stereotype about his or her social identity.

Whenever Mike enters his family's den where the sports trophies that he has won are on the mantle,his self-esteem is temporarily boosted.This is best described as caused by the fact that ________.

People tend to describe themselves in different ways under different circumstances.According to Mendoza-Denton's (2001) research,people who are given prompts that implied a particular social setting tend to describe themselves using ________ terms.

Kayla has decided to get a body piercing.Her expectation is that she might well receive by (from) her mom's mainstream friends.This will likely cause her to identify with .

Positive self-talk such as "I am a lovable person" tends to ___.

When people described themselves as they were five years ago,or as they are today,they saw their past self as more _,and their present self as more __.

Exam 4: The Self: Answering the Question: Who Am I

Sofia admires and respects her psychology professor.She is considering becoming a psychologist herself.Should her professor become a role model for her,Sofia may become a psychologist herself if she ________.

The self-evaluation maintenance model suggests that we will ________ others who perform more poorly than we do in an important area.

In Ross and Wilson's interesting experiments,participants who perceived a past self as ________ were likely to be more critical of ________ than when they perceived their past self as ________.

Self-esteem is likely to be LOWEST in ________.

________ occurs when an individual thinks that she or he may be judged in light of a negative stereotype about his or her social identity.

Whenever Mike enters his family's den where the sports trophies that he has won are on the mantle,his self-esteem is temporarily boosted.This is best described as caused by the fact that ________.

People tend to describe themselves in different ways under different circumstances.According to Mendoza-Denton's (2001) research,people who are given prompts that implied a particular social setting tend to describe themselves using ________ terms.

Kayla has decided to get a body piercing.Her expectation is that she might well receive ________ by (from) her mom's mainstream friends.This will likely cause her to ________ identify with ________.

Positive self-talk such as "I am a lovable person" tends to ___.

When people described themselves as they were five years ago,or as they are today,they saw their past self as more _______,and their present self as more ________.

In Ross and Wilson's interesting experiments,participants who perceived a past self as were likely to be more critical of than when they perceived their past self as .

Kayla has decided to get a body piercing.Her expectation is that she might well receive by (from) her mom's mainstream friends.This will likely cause her to identify with .

When people described themselves as they were five years ago,or as they are today,they saw their past self as more _,and their present self as more __.