Quiz 13 Flashcards
______ is the general term we use to refer to structures of the mind that we use to make sense of the world around us
A. “schemas”
In her reaction time experiment on self schemas, Hazel Markus found that people who had a self schema for independence responded more quickly to traits related to independence than did those who did not possess this self schema. This finding illustrates that schemas
D. Both “a” and “c” are correct
A. Guide our information processing
C. Differ from person to person
The very idea that we have a working self concept suggests that the self concept is
B. Dynamic
The motive for ______ refers to our desire to maintain a positive self concept, whereas the motive for _____ refers to our desire to solicit information that would confirm the self concept
D. Self enhancement; Self verification
Elliot and Dweck (1988) induced ______ goals in an experiment by telling participants that how well they did on a task would be evaluated by experts
B. Performance
Children with an entity theory of intelligence tend to adopt _______ goals, whereas those with an incremental theory of intelligence tend to adopt _______ goals
C. Performance; Learning
Research by D’Argembeau et al. (2009) suggests that:
A. Thoughts about goals are psychologically and biologically distinct from other kinds of thoughts
Higgins and colleagues research on self discrepancy theory suggests that an individual with an actual-ideal discrepancy will experience ________ whereas an individual with an actual-ought discrepancy will experience ______
A. Sadness; Anxiety
We can do experimental research on the influence of ideal or oughtstandards because they can be
D. All of the above
A. Primed
B. Manipulated
C. Made more or less salient
A focus on ought standards tends to make people ________-focus where as a focus on ideal standards tends to make people ________-focused
A. Prevention; Promotion
According to a _______ approach to understanding personality, different situations activate different aspects of knowledge and, in so doing, bring about different emotional and motivational patterns
B. General Principles
Whereas perceived inefficacy in relation to threatening events leads to ________, perceived inefficacy in relation to rewarding outcomes leads to
A. Anxiety; Depression
Research on the role of perceived self efficacy on health can be summarized as follows
D. “A” and “b” are correct
A. Strong, perceived self efficacy beliefs are good for your health
B. Weak and negative self efficacy beliefs are bad for your health
Bandura exposed snake phobics to one of three conditions: participant modeling, modeling, and control. Those in the participant modeling group experienced the most success because their treatment resulted in the greatest gains in
C. Self efficacy
The goal of Meichenbaum’s stress inoculation training, like other cognitive therapies, is to change clients’
A. Faulty cognitions
