Concept Quiz 9.4 Flashcards
What is the self?
The patterns of thought, feelings, and actions we perceive in our own minds
What is self-esteem?
A judgement of value of the self
The majority of people ____.
Judge themselves more positively and less negatively than they judge others
One’s knowledge of personal traits, feelings, roles, and memories is called ____.
Self-awareness
Conscious efforts to manage the self are referred to as _____.
Self-regulation
What “self” do we play in the presence of other people?
Interpersonal self
Psychologists approach the study of the self by examining the ABCs. What are these?
Affect, behavior, and cognition
According to the large meta-analysis involving thousands of participants, ____.
Males have a very small self-esteem advantage over females
People with high self-esteem tend to have both greater happiness and persistence because they ___.
Are better able to weather bad news relative to those with low- self-esteem
How do most people respond when they talk about themselves, look themselves in a mirror, watch a video of themselves, or “stand out from the crowd” in some way?
With heightened self-awareness and an unpleasant feeling
Schizophrenia, ADHA, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are all characterized by defects of _____.
Self-regulation
The two categories of people influence the interpersonal self?
A person’s significant other and the social groups to which the person belongs
The self does not exist in a vacuum. It both shapes and is shaped by ____.
Our social environment
People with low self-esteem tend to respond to failure in one area by ____.
Overgeneralizing or assuming that they will fail in other areas too
The tendency to overestimate how much attention people pay to our behavior is known as ____.
The spotlight effect
