8 - Self-Identity, Social Thinking, and Social Interactions Flashcards

1
Q

what is self concept?

A

how someone thinks about or perceieves/evaluates themself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

what is existential self?

A

knowledge that you are separate/distinct from others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

what is categorical self?

A

awareness that even though we are a distinct entity, we exist in the world with others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

what are the 3 elements of self concept theorized by carl rogers?

A

self image, self esteem, ideal self

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

what is personal identity?

A

things unique to you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

what is social identity?

A

groups you belong to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

what is self esteem?

A

respect and regard for self

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what is self efficacy?

A

belief in ones ability to do things

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

what is strong self efficacy?

A

ability to bounce back from setbacks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

what is weak self efficacy?

A

focusing on personal failures and negative outcomes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

what is locus of control?

A

refers to extent to which people think they have control over their life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

what are the 5 stages of Freud’s psychosexual development?

A

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent, Genital

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

what is fixation, in the context of Freud’s developmental theory?

A

getting stuck at a certain stage of development

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are the age ranges for the stages of Freud’s development model?

A

Oral: 0-1, Anal: 1-3, Phallic: 3-6, Latent:6-12, Genital: 12+

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

what is the oral stage?

A

baby focused on interacting with world through mouth, fixation leads to smoking, nailbiting, eating too much

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

what is the anal stage?

A

baby focues on deveoping self efficacy for pooping/peeing. fixation leads to messiness/disorganization in adult life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

what is the phallic stage?

A

baby starts to see opposite sex parent as rival for attention. Oedipus/Electra complex. fixation leads to sexual dysfunction in adulthood

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

what is the latent stage

A

nothing much really happening, libido focused on developing communication skills. fixation doesn’t lead to much of anything

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

what is the genital stage?

A

individual develops sexual maturity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

what are the 8 stages of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development

A

trust v. mistrust, autonomy v. doubt, initiative v. guilt, industry v. inferiority, identity v. role confusion, intimacy v. isolaton, generativity v. stagnation, integrity v. despair

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the trust v. mistrust stage

A

0-1, HOPE, failing to acquire it leads to suspicion/mistrut

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the autonomy v. doubt stage

A

1-3, children develop independence by walking away from parent, virtue achieved is will. negative outcome is feeling of inadequacy and lacking self esteem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the initiative v. guilt stage?

A

3-6, reach sense of purpose, negative outcome is guilt (becomes follower)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the industry v. inferiority stage?

A

6-12, greater significance/self esteem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the identity v. role confusion stage

A

12-20, virtue is fidelity, negative outcome is rebellion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the generativity v. stagnation stage

A

adults feel like they giving back, develop sense of care for others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

what is the age range and virtue for the integrity v despair stage

A

65+ virtue is wisdom, contemplating on life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

what are the 4 elementary functions that babies have as proposed by Vygotsky?

A

attention, sensation, perception, memory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

what is the more knowledgable other?

A

part of Vygotsky’s theory. is the person who who knows more than the learner and assists in their development

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

what is the zone of proximal development?

A

link between can and can’t do, should be target for teaching.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

what is Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?

A

3 stages, looks at how people develop their moral standards

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

what are the 3 stages of Kohlberg’s moral development theory?

A

pre-conventional, conventional, post conventional

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

what is the preconventional stage divided into?

A

obedience v. punishment and individualism vs self interest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

what is the conventional stage divided into?

A

societal norms/acceptance and law and order

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

what is the post conventional stage divided into?

A

social contract and universal ethical principle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

what is a reference group?

A

the group to which a person compares themselves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

what did charles cooley think about social development?

A

everyone you interact with influences you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

what did Mead think about development?

A

developed idea of social behaviorism, as we grow up our belief on how we are perceived by others predominates in 3 stages

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

what are mead’s 3 stages?

A

prepatory(interaction through imitation), play stage (pretend play), game stage (understand society as a whole

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

what is the I and me?

A

me is what what we learn through interactions with others, I is response of individual

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

what is the actual self?

A

balance between I and me

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

what is the looking glass self?

A

person’s sense of self develops through perceptions of how others perceive us

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

what is an internal attribution?

A

attributing something to someone’s internal factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

what is an external attribution?

A

attributing something to the person’s environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

what is are the 3 elements of the covariation model?

A

consistency, distinctiveness, consensus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

when there is a high degree of consistency

A

more likely to attribute to internal factorsEx: this one guy is always late

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

when there is a high degree of distinctiveness

A

more likely to attribute to external/environmental factorsEx: guy is late because of huge car crash

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

when there is high degree of consensus

A

more likely to attribute to external factorsEx: whole group of people late to a meeting

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

what is the actor-observer bias?

A

attribute one’s own actions to external causes, while attributing other people’s behaviors to internal causes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

what are characteristics of individualistic cultures?

A

attribute success to internal factors but failure to external factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

what are characteristics of collectivist cultures?

A

attribute success to external factors but failure to internal factors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

what is the optimism bias?

A

belief that bad things happen to other people but not us

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

what is stereotyping?

A

attributing a certain though/cognition to a group of people (overgeneralizing). this is a cognitive aspect

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

what is stereotype threat?

A

decrease in performance when presented with a negative stereotype

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

what is a self fulfilling prophecy?

A

stereotypes lead to behaviors that affirm original stereotype.repeated exposure to a stereotype causes members of stereotyped group to conform to the stereotype

56
Q

what is prejudice

A

affective/FEELING associated with a stereotype.

57
Q

what is the frustration aggression hypothesis?

A

frustration at a situation leads to aggression towards something and results in prejudice

58
Q

what is the hypothesis of relative deprivation?

A

people become more prejudiced/discriminatory when they are lacking some resource

59
Q

what is ethnicity?

A

socially defined by national origin/distinct cultural patterns

60
Q

what is a stigma?

A

extreme disapproval of a person based a behavior or quality of that person

61
Q

how does the media affect stigmas?

A

portraying things negatively to a mass audience

62
Q

what is the primacy bias?

A

first impressions are long, strong, and easily built upon

63
Q

what is the recency bias

A

more importance placed on your recent actions

64
Q

what is the halo effect?

A

tendency for people to be perceieved as inherently good or bad

65
Q

what are rational techniques to use when the just world hypothesis is challenged?

A

accept reality, prevent/correct injustice

66
Q

what are irrational techniques to use when the just world hypothesis is challenged?

A

deny the situation or reinterpret events

67
Q

what does it mean to be ethnocentric

A

to judge someone else’s culture from your own culture’s viewpoint

68
Q

what is cultural relativism?

A

judging a culture using its own standards instead of your own

69
Q

what is xenocentrism?

A

judging another’s culture to be superior to your own

70
Q

what is cultural imperialism?

A

imposing ones culture on others deliberately

71
Q

what happens during in group favoritism?

A

positive rxn to our in group but neutral reaction to out group

72
Q

what happens during out group derogation?

A

positive rxn to our in group but negative rxn to out group

73
Q

what is the most powerful predictor of relationships/friendships forming?

A

geographical proximity

74
Q

what is the mere exposure effect?

A

repeated exposure to something improves our opinion of it

75
Q

what is sexual dimorphism?

A

high degree of male/female sexual traits

76
Q

how would a person rate a girl after walking over a high narrow bridge?

A

very high because of sympathetic nervous system arousal

77
Q

you are more likely to trust/work with/date/marry someone who looks ___ to you

A

similar

78
Q

what is similarity bias?

A

when you only befriend people who look like you

79
Q

what is projection bias?

A

when you assume others share the same beliefs as you

80
Q

what is a false consensus?

A

we assume everyone agrees with us even if they really dont

81
Q

what was the conclusion of the harlow monkey experiment?

A

babies prefer comfort to food/nourishment

82
Q

what was observed for securely attached children?

A

able to explore in a room with a stranger without much issue and was soothed/returned to mother

83
Q

what was observed for insecurely attached children?

A

were not soothed by return of mother, exhibited some distance from parent

84
Q

what is the difference between authoritarian and authoritave parenting?

A

Hitler vs disciplined father

85
Q

which part of the brain is responsible for impulse control, and by extension: aggresion?

A

frontal lobe

86
Q

what is the frustration-aggression principle?

A

frustration–>aggression–>violenceEx: more crime on hot days

87
Q

what is altruism?

A

care about welfare of others/doing something for good of community

88
Q

what is reciprocral altruism?

A

doing something altruistic with expectation of reward, now or later

89
Q

what is cost signalling?

A

signalling that you have resources to give

90
Q

what is social status?

A

a person’s social position in society

91
Q

what is ascribed status?

A

status that you are born withEx: being born into royalty

92
Q

what is achieved status?

A

status that you earnEx: olympic athlete

93
Q

what is master status?

A

a status that supercedes all other statusesEx: mother thinking of herself more as a mother than a daughter

94
Q

what is role strain?

A

tension WITHIN one status

95
Q

what is role conflict?

A

tension BETWEEN statuses

96
Q

what is role exit?

A

when you stop engaging in a previous role to start engaging in a new one

97
Q

what is a primary group?

A

group that is closest to you

98
Q

what is a secondary group?

A

formal/impersonal and business like relationship.

99
Q

what is dramaturgy?

A

describes how people behave in social situation, front stage and back stage self

100
Q

what is front stage self

A

how you act in public or around other people,

101
Q

what is back stage self

A

when you act like yourself and do things that make you feel comfortable

102
Q

what is impression management?

A

attempt to control how others see us

103
Q

what is discrimination?

A

harmful ACTIONS against a minority

104
Q

what is individual discrimination?

A

one person taking action against another

105
Q

what is institutional discrimination?

A

instituion (government/bank/school) taking action against a minority

106
Q

what is side effect discrimination?

A

how one organization can affect another negatively

107
Q

what is past-in-present discrimination?

A

something from the past, that may be illegal now, still affects individual todayEx: untouchable caste in india

108
Q

what is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

A

discrimination=ACTION, prejudice is just an attitude/feeling

109
Q

what is an organization?

A

institution designed for a specific purpose or goal.

110
Q

what is a utilitarian organization?

A

members are paid/rewarded for their work and efforts

111
Q

what is a normative organization?

A

when members come together through a shared goalEx: MADD

112
Q

what is a coercive organization?

A

don’t have a choice about being a memberEx: prison or military

113
Q

what iaBureaucratization?

A

process by which an organization becomes increasingly regulated by rules/laws/policy

114
Q

what is the iron rule of oligarchy?

A

describes how even the most democratic organizations become morebureaucratic over time until a select few govern it

115
Q

what isMcDonaldization?

A

describes how fast food principles of effeciency, uniformity, control have come to dominate other aspects of life like movie theaters

116
Q

what are the characteristics of an idealBureaucracy?

A

division of labor, hierarchy, written rules/regulations, impersonality(equal treatment), employment based on technical qualifications

117
Q

what is foraging?

A

animal searching for food. has to balance energy spent with energy gained. can be solitary or group

118
Q

what is autocommunication?

A

animal talks to itselfEx: bat using sonar

119
Q

what are some functions of animal communication?

A

mating, defend territory, warn others about predators

120
Q

what is anthropomorphism?

A

attributing human traits to non human things

121
Q

what are phermones

A

things used by animals to communicate

122
Q

what is random mating?

A

all individuals equally likely to mate with each other

123
Q

what is assortative mating?

A

one genotype/phenotype reproduces at a higher rate

124
Q

what is dissortative mating?

A

individuals with different phenotype more likely to mate

125
Q

what is inclusive fitness?

A

of offsprings organism has and how it supports them

126
Q

what does evolutionary game theory state?

A

organism that is most fit will survive and reproduce

127
Q

what is the difference between a stereotype and prejudice?

A

stereotype is a specific assumption while a prejudice is a general attitude

128
Q

stranger anxiety tends to emerge around what age?

A

8-11 month

129
Q

what is a dependent stressor?

A

one that the person influences

130
Q

the “me” is basically

A

not doing a dick move, doing what society expects you to

131
Q

what are the components of social identity?

A

self identity, collective identity

132
Q

BF skinner is associated with

A

operant conditioning

133
Q

mary ainsworth studied

A

infant attachment

134
Q

the dispositional theory of behavior is more closely related to

A

psychoanalysts

135
Q

what is the social contract stage of kohlberg’s moral development?

A

views laws as malleable to promote social welfare