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Question 1

desired selves

Answer 1

Contain our potential (possible selves), as well as the wishes and aspirations (ideal self), and the
duties and obligations (ought self) that we, or significant others, hold for us.

Question 2

Reflected appraisals

Answer 2

Inferences regarding others’ appraisals of us that we gain by observing other people’s reactions towards us.

Question 3

Self-reference effect

Answer 3

The tendency to process and remember self-related information better than other information.

Question 4

Self-worth contingencies

Answer 4

Domains – both internal (e.g., virtue) and external (e.g., power) – on which we stake our self-
worth.

Question 5

Implicit egotism

Answer 5

Non-conscious or automatic positive evaluation of self-associated objects.

Question 6

Sociometer theory

Answer 6

theory that posits that our self-esteem functions as a signal of the degree to which we feel
accepted or rejected by other people.