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Social Psych: Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Collectivism

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Someone who puts GROUP goals above OWN goals

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Individualism

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Someone puts their OWN goals over GROUP goals

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External Attributions

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Looking at the SITUATION to explain our behaviors

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Internal Attributions

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Looking at PERSONAL (feelings, abilities, traits) to explain the causes of our behavior

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Optimistic Explanatory Style

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Attribute setbacks to external, unstable factors instead of our own shortcomings

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Pessimistic Explanatory Style

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Attributing our setbacks or internal factors. Makes us feel bad about ourselves

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High Self Esteem

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Someone who generally feels good about themselves

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Low Self Esteem

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Someone who often feels bad about themselves

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State Self Esteem

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(Changeable) How we feel about ourselves in the MOMENT

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Trait Self Esteem

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(Stable) Our sense of confidence

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Narcissist

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Feels superior and wants to be admired

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Possible Selves

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Person we want to be in the FUTURE

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Self Concept

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Beliefs about ourselves

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Social Comparison Theory

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Compare ourselves to others to assess their abilities and opinions

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Reference Group

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The set of people we compare ourselves to

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Self Enhancement

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Tendency to maintain positive feelings about oneself

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Self Serving Bias

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Attribute success to personal factors (uplift yourself). Attribute failures to situational factors (Blame someone else)

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Basking in Reflected Glory

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Enhance our image by associating it to someone who is successful

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Self Handicapping

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Self-sabotaging to make an excuse for possible failure

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Self Regulating

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Being in control of our choices

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Self Efficacy

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Our belief about our ability to perform behaviors (how well you feel you will do)

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Public Self

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The image we present to others

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Impression Management

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The action of managing impressions, deciding how we’ll act in certain situations

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