Self Intro Flashcards

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Personal perception of self that forms in response to interactions with others and the environment throughout the course of an individuals lifetime.

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Self-concept

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The ideal self, the real self and the public self.

Values, beliefs & self-expectations shape this.

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Personal identity

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Reflects qualities a person believes they should possess. “Who I should be and who I want to be.”

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Ideal self

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The perceived true self. May include observations about self or self-perceived qualities that the individual hides from others or doesn’t readily share. “Who I really am.”

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Real self

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Formed on the basis of how the person wishes to be perceived by others. “Who I believe others think I am.”

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Public self

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Person’s mental picture of his physical self. How the perceive the appearance and size of their own body and their emotional reaction to those perceptions.

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Body Image

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Mental image of the body; includes ones’ perception of physical appearance & how one perceives own body when viewing in a mirror.

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Perceptual

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Beliefs and attitudes about one’s body, and degree to which body image is valued and invested in.

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Cognitive

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9
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Behavioral manifestations that may reveal cues about persons feelings & perceptions about their body. Ex: wearing revealing clothes.

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Behavioral

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Represents feelings about one’s body, in terms of both appearance and function. Negative or positive.

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Affective

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Reflects persons degree of satisfaction with their body, both as a whole & in terms of parts or regions.

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Subjective satisfaction

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12
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Mental representation of what an individual believes their body should look like.

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Ideal body image

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13
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Encompasses a grouping of behavioral expectations associated with a specified societal or organizational position.

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Role

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14
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Demonstration of behaviors or actions associated with a given role

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Role performance

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15
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Teaching and modeling the behaviors needed to successfully assume a role are part of…
Also includes socialization of person who is preparing to assume a given role.

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Role development

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Ineffective role development. When a person lacks clarity regarding expectations, behaviors, or demands associated with fulfilling a role.

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Role ambiguity

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17
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People who feel incapable of fulfilling a role may experience:
May be the result of sexual stereotyping.

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Role strain

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18
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When role-related expectations clash or are incongruent.

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Role conflict

19
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When individuals hold varying or conflicting expectations about tasks & behaviors associated with a specific role.
Ex. Who does what chore.

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Interpersonal conflict

20
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When roles create competing demands.

Ex.: Nursing school, parent, job.

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Interrole conflict

21
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When role expectations are in opposition to the values and beliefs of the one who fills the position.

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Person-role conflict

22
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When and individuals’ behaviors within a role meet or exceed predetermined expectations.

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Role mastery

23
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Individuals opinion of themself.

Degree to which a person approves of, values or likes themself.

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Self-esteem

24
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Associated with greater levels of achievement, increased financial prosperity, and decreased incidence of depression.

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Positive / High self-esteem

25
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Degree to which a person likes herself overall

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Global self-esteem

26
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Reflects a persons positive regard for certain aspects of themself.
Such as physical appearance, athletic ability, academic achievement.

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Specific self-esteem.

27
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Young adult kids who reported exposure to greater levels of parental nurturing also reported what?

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Higher self-esteem

28
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Parental Overprotectiveness is linked to what?

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Lower self-esteem

29
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Formation of reality-based perception of the real self requires ____________. This begins in infancy, as infants distinguish themselves from other people.

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Self-awareness

30
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Development is an ongoing process that requires intense examination of personal perspectives, beliefs and values.

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Self-awareness

31
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Personal exploration and evaluation of one’s own thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and values.

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Introspection

32
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Framework for personality development that emphasizes the presence of unconscious impulses and their influence on behaviors and the formation of self.

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Freud’s Psychosexual Theory of Development

33
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Motivated by the desire for pleasure, in in conflict with the perfectionistic superego.

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Freud’s: The ID

34
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Serves as the conscience.

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Freud’s The SuperEGO

35
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Based in reality, serves as a mediator…

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Freud’s: The EGO

36
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When the Superego and the Ego join forces to oppose the Id, what may result?

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Guilt

37
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Psychosocial development theory that has 8 stages, describes age-related tasks faced by a person throughout the life span.

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Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development

38
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Published a study that evaluated the development of self-esteem between young adulthood and old age.

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Erol and Orth

39
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Erol and Orth found that self-esteem __________during young and middle adulthood, __________ around 60 years old and ____________ after age 60.

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Increased
Peaked
Decreased

40
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Characterized by initial period of insomnia, followed by episode of sleepwalking, during which a person eats tons of food, and unusual items.

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Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NSRED)

41
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Behavior in which the person eats non-nutritive, nonfood substances: chalk, paper, soap, dirt, metal, etc.
More common in kids, & adults w/ mental disorders; also seen in pregnancy.

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PICA

42
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Repeated regurgitation of food.

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Rumination

43
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Disturbance in eating patterns manifested by failure to meet nutritional needs. Weight loss, nutritional deficiency, etc.

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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

44
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Incessant desire to eat.

person has a chromosomal disorder; mental retardation, poor muscle tone… Obesity occurs.

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Prader-Willi Syndrome