12.19-12.22: Exploring the Self Flashcards
The process of fulfilling one’s true potential by gaining a sense of personal autonomy, accepting oneself, and accepting other people
Self-actualization
A theory positing that well-being and success are most likely to be achieved when a person’s environments support three key motivations: autonomy, competence, and relatedness
Self-determination theory
The broad network of mental representations that a person has of him or herself
Self-concept
Characteristic ways of processing information to maintain a positive attitude toward the self
Self-serving bias
A theory positing that people use self-esteem, a judgement of self-worth, to assess the degree to which they are accepted by others
Sociometer theory
A theory positing that self-esteem allows people to cope with existential terror stemming from their awareness of their own mortality
Terror management theory
The tendency to have unrealistic and self-aggrandizing views of the self
Narcissism
A notion of the self as a bounded and stable entity that is distinct from others
Independent self-construal
A notion of the self as defined by one’s connections to other people
Interdependent self-construal
