Exam 3: The-Self

Tina has been trying to sell some of her things on eBay, but nobody wants to buy them. She listed an old Ouija board for $20, a pair of used tights for $25, and an old (partially working)smoke detector for $60. A friend suggested that she lower the prices to attract buyers, but Tina felt that the items were reasonably priced. Tina's behavioral pattern is an example of the ____.

Research suggests that ____ may be more pronounced in individualistic cultures than in collectivistic cultures.

Astrid spends a lot of time thinking about her own motivations and thoughts-about why she feels and believes and behaves the way she does. Astrid is best described as spending a lot of time in ____.

Research has found that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation ____.

Sally lives in a relatively well-off neighborhood. Most of her friends live in smaller homes in poorer neighborhoods, so Sally thinks that she is wealthy. When Sally compares her home with those of her friends, she is engaging in ____.

When people create a profile on social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram, they typically attempt to portray only happy versions of themselves and may gain many friends or followers. This behavior is an example of ________________.

Compared to people with high self-esteem, people with low self-esteem have ____.

People with excessively high self-esteem, self-love, and a selfish orientation are known as ________________.

Most of the time, people tend to ____ when they are successful (e.g., when they win a tennis match)and ____ when they are unsuccessful (e.g., when they lose a tennis match).

Research suggests that ____ tend to have more of an interdependent self-construal, whereas ____ tend to have more of an independent self-construal.

The self-reference effect suggests that people trying to memorize the word "candid" are more likely to remember it if they are asked if they are candid themselves than if "candid" is a fancy word or a difficult word.

Information bearing on the self is processed more thoroughly and more deeply, and hence remembered better. This is known as the ____.

Drinking alcohol and using drugs are common means that people use to escape ____.

Selfishness must be kept under control if society is to operate effectively.

Research suggests that if you really want to change your self-concept, you should ____.

Is self-esteem related to academic grades?

The concern with public self-esteem is often greater than private self-esteem.

Research suggests that most normal or nondepressed people today ____.

In the context of revising self-knowledge, changing the way you think about yourself is difficult because ____.

Ivana tells her father that her throat hurts and asks for cough syrup. However, Ivana's throat doesn't really hurt; she is just pretending to have a sore throat because she loves the taste of cough syrup. This is an example of self-handicapping.