Exam 3: The Social Self

Although doing his job well is an important aspect of Jim's self-concept, he is just not good at his job. Correspondingly, he is starting to feel bad about himself. According to ________ , Jim will feel better about himself if he gets a new job that he is good at.

Dan McAdams writes about and does research on the "narrated self," which consists of

According to Cooley's theory of the "looking-glass self," we learn about ourselves through

Tiara is worried about bad things happening. She tries not to do poorly in her classes and avoids getting into fights with her boyfriend. Tiara is ________ focused.

When is the "better-than-average" effect most likely to occur?

According to the contingencies of the self-worth account of self-esteem (Crocker and Wolfe, 2001), a person's self-evaluations

Explain the concept of ego depletion, and give two examples of situations in which this could occur.

Goffman's idea of face refers to

Recall that Berglas and Jones (1978) led male participants to believe that they were going to either succeed or have difficulty on an upcoming test. Next, participants were given the chance to ingest either a performance-enhancing drug or a performance-inhibiting drug. Who preferred the performance-inhibiting drug?

Jim tends to act in accordance with his internal inclinations, impulses, and dispositions. Also, he is not very attuned to the social context in which he finds himself. Thus, Jim would score ________ on a measure of ________.

Recall that Steve Heine and colleagues compared how Canadian and Japanese students responded to positive or negative feedback after taking a creativity test. After the feedback, participants took a second creativity test. Results showed that

Compare automatic and deliberate (controlled) forms of self-regulation.

According to Taylor and Brown, positive illusions about the self are associated with higher levels of happiness and well-being. Describe two pieces of evidence in support of this prediction, as well as one piece of evidence that challenges it.

Matthew Galliot and his colleagues asked participants to engage in an initial self-control task, such as suppressing their emotions. Next, participants drank Kool-Aid sweetened with either sugar or an artificial sweetener. How did the drink affect participants' performance on a later self-control task?

Research supporting self-verification theory has shown that people

Describe differences in self-esteem across independent and interdependent cultures.

The general process by which we control others' beliefs about us is called

Researchers have studied whether college students' beliefs about their academic talents relate to self-esteem and well-being in college. Results show that students who ________ at the start of college experienced ________ in self-esteem and well-being over the following four years.

Recall Tory Higgins's argument that people compare their "actual selves" with other "selves" and that these comparisons have important motivational implications. Which of the following is NOT among the selves to which Higgins refers?

The part of our self-knowledge that is conscious to us at any given time is called the