Situationism and the Self

Question 1

What is crucial in shaping our identity?

Answer 1

Aspects of self may change depending on situation, environment is crucial

Question 2

What is the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale?

Answer 2

A scale where an individual indicates their level of agreement with statements about yourself to determine level of self esteem

Question 3

How do people with high self esteem feel about themself?

Answer 3

Feel good

Question 4

How do people with low self esteem feel about themself?

Answer 4

Feel ambivalent

Question 5

What is the contingency of self worth theory?

Answer 5

The thesis that people’s self esteem is contingent on their success and failures in domain they deem important to their self worth (academic achievement, physical appearance, competence in specific skills or talents)

Question 6

What is the sociometer hypothesis?

Answer 6

the idea that self-esteem is an internal, subjective index of the extent to which a person is included /looked favourably by others

Question 7

How do we asses social situations?

Answer 7

we assess that quickly

Question 8

What is the relationship between things we admire about ourselves and how we accept others?

Answer 8

The things that make us feel good about ourselves are the characteristics that make us accept others

Question 9

How does self esteem change in Asians?

Answer 9

Self esteem in Asians increase as they are exposed to North American culture

Question 10

What are the dangers of high self esteem?

Answer 10

inflated self esteem can be counter productive, and people with high self esteem can be more sensitive to threats, insults and challenges

Question 11

Who has high self esteem?

Answer 11

Many psychopaths, murder, rapists have high self esteem

Question 13

How does high self esteem affect someone with poor life outcomes?

Answer 13

High self esteem may allow individuals to be satisified with life despite poor outcomes

Question 14

Why is realistic self apprasial beneficial?

Answer 14

Stronger relationships, effective leadership and greater capacity for learning

Question 15

What is the social comparison theory?

Answer 15

The theory that we evaluate ourselves through comparison to others

Question 16

How does downward social comparison influence our self esteem?

Answer 16

Can boost self esteem by making us feel better about the self

Question 17

How does upward comparison influence our self esteem?

Answer 17

Can motivate self improvement

Question 18

What is self enhancement?

Answer 18

a psychological tendency to promote one’s positive qualities and view oneself favorably

Question 19

How do Westerners view themselves?

Answer 19

most have a positive view of self

Question 20

How do we view ourselves on most traits?

Answer 20

Tend to rate the self as better than average on most traits

Question 21

What is self-affirmation?

Answer 21

Maintaining high self esteem despite negative feedback

Question 22

What did Taylor and Brown’s 1988 study find?

Answer 22

Individuals who hold slightly positive beliefs about themselves and the world tend to be happier, more productive and better at coping with stress

Question 23

How do positive illusions contribute to happiness?

Answer 23

Those positive illusions maintain mental health by enhancing self esteem, more resilient in the face of adversity

Question 24

What is self-regulation?

Answer 24

How we initiate and control behaviours to attain goals

Question 25

What is the self-discrepancy theory?

Answer 25

The theory that our behaviour is motivated by the discrepancies between different aspects of our self concept

Question 26

Why do we have self-verification strategies?

Answer 26

Sometimes we care more about having stable and accurate beliefs about ourselves

Question 27

What are some self verification strategies?

Answer 27

Selectively attend to and recall constant information, entering relationships that promote consistently

Question 28

What are snap judgements?

Answer 28

relatively accurate rapid assessments we make about others based on limited info