Chapter 17 Flashcards
According to William James the self includes the ____ and the ____.
Me and the I
The Me is ____________
the object of self knowledge. Everything we know or think we know about what we are like including both declarative and procedural self knowledge
The I is _________
the mysterious entity that does the knowing
some cross-cultural analyses have concluded that the idea of the “self” is a ______ construct.
Western construct
Psychologists have proposed that the self has 4 purposes:
1) self-regulation
2) information filtering
3) understanding others
4) maintaining identity
The declarative self includes:
self esteem
Self esteem can cause problems when it is too low or too high because___________
it serves as a useful gauge of one’s social standing
The wide range of knowledge one has about one’s psychological attributes is located in the cognitive structure the ___________. and can be assessed via ______ or ________
self-schema
S data of B data
T or F a brain-damaged individuals sense of self and personality can remain intact when all the specific memories that create it are lost.
True
Define the self-reference effect
it is easier to remember something that has to do with oneself.
______ about self are major foundations of personality. They affect what a person will do in live and ______
beliefs
can be changed
Discrepency between real and ideal self can lead to __________ while one’s real and ought self can lead to _________
depression
anxiety
The realistic accuracy model (RAM) can be used to explain the basis of _________
self-knowledge
