Exam 3: The Self

Marisol is pretty equal in terms of taking the blame for failures and crediting herself for successes. She is also pretty accurate when it comes to judging how much control she has over events in her life. And she has a fairly accurate idea of how much different people like her. Based on this information, it would appear that Marisol ____.

When it comes to intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, research on humans and other species has found that ____.

There is a slight tendency in the U.S. for boys and men to have higher self-esteem than girls and women. Research suggests that this disparity is probably MOSTLY due to the fact that ____.

The self-verification motive can also be called the ________________motive.

The gender gap in self-esteem (the tendency for males to have higher self-esteem than females) is currently MOST pronounced among ____.

Nisbett and Wilson's (1977) research was an attack on what concept?

Unlike other animals, humans ____.

Research suggests that, compared to East Asians, Northern Americans and Western Europeans tend to have more ________________ self-construals.

When are narcissists MOST likely to be aggressive?

The consistency motive is sometimes also called the ____.

Research suggests that the most effective way to change the self-concept is by ____.

The two main advantages of high self-esteem are ____.

Social psychologists generally refer to two types of self-awareness: ____.

Self-regulation refers to the process by which the self monitors, controls, and changes itself.

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, ____.

During eating binges, people's self-awareness tends to be especially high.

As described in the textbook, in the late 1500s a Hungarian nobleman named Count Zrinyi was attacked at his small castle by a force of almost 100,000 men. Zrini had no chance of survival in the face of this attack. In the moments before he was killed, however, instead of attempting to flee for his life or fight against the enemy, he put on his finest attire, hung a heavy gold chain around his neck, and stuffed his pockets full of gold coins. He then flung open the doors of the castle and charged into a suicide death. This story is used in the textbook to make the point that ____.

In terms of getting along with other people, compared to people with low self-esteem, people with high self-esteem ____. In fact ____.

Explain how self-awareness influences eating behavior.

The notion of private self-awareness is similar to the idea(s) of ____.