Exam 3: The Self

Since about the 1970s, it appears that self-esteem in the U.S. has been ________________ (increasing/decreasing).

Research on bullies and bullying suggests that most of the perpetrators have ____ self-esteem, while most of the victims ____ self-esteem.

Since self-handicapping allows people to easily engage in ____, it helps them to maintain and enhance positive self-concepts.

Explain how self-presentation behavior might change depending on the duration of the relationship in question.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

According to the text, the three main parts of the self are ____.

Humans appear to be the only animals that can take on multiple social roles across their lives.

A person from China is MORE likely to have an interdependent self-construal than an independent self-construal.

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 ____.

The self-reference effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

Since about the 1970s, people's self-esteem scores have been on the rise.

The tendencies for people to overestimate their positive qualities, to see themselves as having more control over external events than they really do, and to have an unrealistically optimistic outlook on life are known as ____.

Which of the following is MOST likely capable of behaving based on extrinsic motivation?

Compared to other people, narcissists ____.

Compared to other information, information bearing on the self is processed more thoroughly and more deeply, and is hence remembered better. This pattern is known as ____.

In cultures that emphasize ____, wedding ceremonies and their legal or religious value are seen as very important; the psychological meaning of weddings and the feelings of the spouses are of secondary importance.

The process by which one monitors, controls, and modifies the self is known as ____.

Is introspection a source of self-knowledge?

Vanessa has an important presentation coming up at work, but she fears that she will do a poor job. The week before the presentation, she claims that she is feeling under the weather; she leaves work early almost every day and barely practices her presentation at all. Even though she may not realize what she is doing, Vanessa is setting herself up so that she will have an "excuse" in case the presentation does not go well. Social psychologists refer to this pattern of behavior as ____.

Sally lives in a middle class neighborhood. It really isn't anything special, but most of Sally's friends live in smaller homes in lower class neighborhoods, so Sally thinks of herself as well-off. When Sally compares her home to the homes of her friends, she is making a(n) ____.