Exam 3: The Self

Kendall was always the class clown. When he goes to university far from home, though, he really changes who he is. He becomes very studious and interested in research, and starts to run around with "smart" kids instead of kids who party all the time (like he did in high school). Kendall's experience at university BEST illustrates ____.

People try to make impressions on others by explicitly telling other people things about themselves ("I have a lot of experience with this"), by wearing certain brands (e.g., Birkenstock, Stussy, Nike, Prada), and by using certain body language (e.g., strutting or crossing one's legs). These are all examples of ____________________.

Suppose that, for a period of one month, you are given $20 every time that you work on a fun and interesting word game. Research suggests that, as a consequence, ____.

Is self-esteem related to academic grades?

Drug rehabilitation programs often require that their patients discontinue contact with old "using" friends, and maintain friendships with new "clean" friends only. One reason that this makes sense from a social psychological standpoint is that by changing their social networks in this way, ____.

The consistency motive is sometimes also called the ____.

In Nisbett and Wilson's (1977) studies on consumers' awareness of purchasing decisions, ____.

Suppose that you are a research participant in a study, and a researcher asks you to work on a puzzle while sitting in front of a mirror. He also mentions that your performance will be videotaped. Given these two pieces of information, you would be wise to suspect that the researcher is trying to increase ____.

There is a moderately strong relationship between IQ and self-esteem; people with higher IQs tend to have higher self-esteem.

The overjustification effect occurs when ____.

Narcissists are MOST likely to rate themselves low on ____.

Suppose that you are a young person, and you are in a room full of people who are all at least twenty or thirty years older than you. Research suggests that you are likely to be especially aware of your age in this situation.

People with low self-esteem do not necessarily think they are horrible. They just tend to think of themselves as "so so," "not that great," or "average."

Introspection refers to the process by which a person ____.

Sarah is taking an African American history class, and she is the only white person in her class (everyone else is African American). Research suggests that, because she is the only white person, she will ____.

Ted tends to think of himself as a workaholic and perfectionist. When he thinks back on college years, he remembers studying hard for exams and getting good grades (and tends to forget about the time he nearly failed a class, and disregard the many nights he spent partying). The way that Ted thinks about his college years illustrates the fact that people ____.

Increasing self-awareness tends to make people ____.

The idea that people learn about themselves from interacting with other people is called the ____________________.

When people engage in self-handicapping, their behavior is MOSTLY driven by the ____.

Horatio is preparing to take the LSAT. He has been taking practice exams based on actual past LSATs. When practicing, he observes strict time limits and never cheats. He tries to simulate what the actual test-taking experience will be like. This way, he can have a reasonably good sense of what kind of score he will get when he takes the LSAT for real. Horatio is apparently driven by a very strong ____.