Psy15 Chapter 7 Part 2: Self-Perception

Question 1

self-perception theory

Answer 1

A theory that people come to know their own attitudes by looking at their behavior and the context in which it occurred and inferring what their attitudes must be

Question 2

system justification theory

Answer 2

The theory that people are motivated to see the existing political and social status quo as desirable, fair, and legitimate

Question 3

terror management theory (TMT)

Answer 3

The theory that people deal with the potentially paralyzing anxiety that comes with the knowledge of the inevitability of death by striving for symbolic immortality through the preservation of a valued worldview and the conviction that they have lived up to its values and prescriptions