2-semperstud

Question 1

what is the claim that avid sports fans can be?

Answer 1

insecure, pathetic, front-running parasites

Question 2

Tesser’s Self-Evaluation Maintenance Theory

Answer 2

can either have

reflection: bask in her achievements, feel good
comparison: compare abilities; if worse, feel bad

Question 3

What are the three factors that determine which reaction you get from self-evaluation maintenance theory?

Answer 3

1. Closeness: related, how well you know them
2. Relevance: how central to self-evaluation
3. Performance: other’s relative performance

Question 4

comparison effect

Answer 4

Tesser
other outperforms us on relevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship, greater is threat to self-esteem

angry, frustrated, or envious

Question 5

other outperforms us on relevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship, greater is threat to self-esteem

Answer 5

comparison effect

Question 6

reflection effect

Answer 6

tesser
other outperforms us on irrelevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship ,ore one can gain in self-esteem

proud and positive

Question 7

other outperforms us on irrelevant task, better her performance and closer the relationship ,ore one can gain in self-esteem

Answer 7

reflection effect

Question 8

If outperformed by close other?

Answer 8

1. reduce closeness
2. reduce dimensions relevance (who cares if they’re good at that, I’m good at this)
3. sabotage other’s performance

Question 9

Tesser & Smith (1980)

Answer 9

password game. 3 subjects selected clues for a fourth who had to guess target word

High relevance: relevant to verbal ability

Low relevance: not indicative of anything

4th person a friend or a stranger

clues ranged in difficulty

Question 10

password game

Answer 10

Tesser & Smith

Question 11

what happened with low relevance condition? High relevance condition?

Answer 11

friends given easier clues

friends given harder clues

Question 12

Horney’s views on self-hate

Answer 12

an inevitable byproduct of self-idealization. The ideal self defensively created to convince the neurotic that he or she is capable of satisfying neurotic needs, in comparison to the neurotic’s actual being, too good to ever be achieved

Question 13

an inevitable byproduct of self-idealization. The ideal self defensively created to convince the neurotic that he or she is capable of satisfying neurotic needs, in comparison to the neurotic’s actual being, too good to ever be achieved

Answer 13

Horney’s views on self-hate

Question 14

Melanie Klein

Answer 14

the people who most satisfy and frustrate us are one and the same

Question 15

the people who most satisfy and frustrate us are one and the same

Answer 15

Melanie Klein

Question 16

Heinz Kohut

Answer 16

non-optimal idealizing and twinship lead us to unrealistically expect that we and the groups with which we have over-identified are capable of achievements that are, in fact, beyond our separate and combined capabilities

Question 17

non-optimal idealizing and twinship lead us to unrealistically expect that we and the groups with which we have over-identified are capable of achievements that are, in fact, beyond our separate and combined capabilities

Answer 17

Heinz Kohut

Question 18

Abraham Tesser

Answer 18

the line between the self-esteem threatening and bolstering nature of the individuals and entities to which we are associated is razor thin, sometimes depending upon momentary considerations of self relevance; situationally dependent judgments of closeness

Question 19

the line between the self-esteem threatening and bolstering nature of the individuals and entities to which we are associated is razor thin, sometimes depending upon momentary considerations of self relevance; situationally dependent judgments of closeness

Answer 19

Abraham Tesser

Question 20

Cialdini

Answer 20

more students wore school sweatshirts following wins than following losses

Question 21

more students wore school sweatshirts following wins than following losses

Answer 21

Cialdini

Question 22

Ed Hirt

Answer 22

for avid fans of Big 10 sports teams, pain of own team’s loss more devastating blow to self-confidence than personal failure

Question 23

for avid fans of Big 10 sports teams, pain of own team’s loss more devastating blow to self-confidence than personal failure

Answer 23

Ed Hirt