Chap 4: The Self

Question 1

Presenting our most favorable self aspects (eg. on Facebook) is called ____

Answer 1

Self promotion

TB pg 159

Question 2

Presenting ourselves in ways that induce others to agree with either our positive or negative traits is called ______

Answer 2

Self verification

Question 3

At a personal identity level, we can think of ourselves in terms of attributes that differentiate ourselves from other individuals, this is called ______

At a social identity level, perceptions of ourselves are based on attributes that are shared with other group members, this is called ______

Answer 3

INTRAgroup comparison

INTERgroup comparison

Question 4

When thinking about a comparison between the past self and present self, people tended to view their past selves in a more negative light. We perceived our present selves as improved and better.

The way people think about the ways they have developed and changed across time is called _____

Answer 4

Autobiographical memory

Question 5

Comparing your own performance with someone who is less capable of yourself can make you feel good about your ability, this is called ________

Comparing your own performance with someone who is far more capable than yourself can make you bad about your ability, this is called ________

Answer 5

Downward social comparison - comparing your performance with someone less capable, which leaves you feeling good about your performance

Upward social comparison - comparing your performance with someone more capable, which threaten your self image

Question 6

When people with a low self esteem, receive negative feedback, their self esteem

1. Remains stable
2. Improves
3. Drops even lower
4. Becomes implicit

Answer 6

3. Drops even lower

TB pg 148 Paragraph 3

Question 7

To avoid people determining their own high self esteems due to the “social norm”, researchers developed a number of ways to assess self esteem in an unconscious way.

This is called _____

Answer 7

Implicit self esteem

Implying something is when it is not said directly

Question 8

The belief that we can achieve a particular goal through our own actions is called _____
This is the sense that one is capable of getting things done.

Answer 8

Self efficacy