Social Psychology

Question 1

Self concept/self identity

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defined as the sum of an individuals knowledge and understanding of his or herself. All your beliefs about who you are as a person

Question 2

self-consciousness

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awareness of one’s self, self-concept includes physical, psychological and social attributes which can be influenced by the indificuals attitudes, habits, beliefs and ideas

Question 3

Self-schemas

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beliefs a person has about him or her self. Guide and organize the processing of information that is relevant to you

Question 4

Personal identity

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one’s own sense of personal attributes

Question 5

Social identity

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social definitions of who you are (race, religion, gender, occupation)

Question 6

Theory of self verification

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states that individuals want to be understood in terms of their deeply held core beliefs

Question 7

Self-reference effect

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tendency to better remember information relative to ourselves

Question 8

Carl Rogers

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said that personality is composed of the ideal self and the real self

Question 9

Ideal self

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constructed out of your life experiences, societal experiences and the things you admire about role models

Question 10

Real self

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person you actually are

Question 11

Incongruity

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ideal self is often impossible to meet and is when the real self falls short of the ideal self

Question 12

Impression management

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process whereby we attempt to manage our own image by influencing the perception of others

Question 13

Dramatergic perspective

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stems from the theory of symbolic interactionism. We imagine ourselves as playing certain. roles when interacting with others

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Back stage self

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let down our guard and act like ourselves

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Front stage self

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craft the way we come across to others

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Self efficacy

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how good you think you are at doing something. High = you think you are good at doing something, Low = you believe you are bad at doing something

Question 17

Locus of control

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whether you think you have control over what happens to you

Question 18

Internal locus of control

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believe you have control over events

Question 19

External locus of control

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do not believe you have control over events

Question 20

Learned helplessness

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in extreme situations where people are exposed to situations they cannot control, learn not to. act because they. believe it will not affect the outcome anyways. Low self efficacy and a high external locus of control

Question 21

Aversive control

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occurs when behaviour is motivated by the reality. or threat of something unpleasant happening

Question 22

Escape behaviour

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termination of an unpredicted, unpleasant stimulus that has already occurred

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Avoidance behaviour

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avoidance of a predictable, unpleasant stimulus before it is initiated

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Self esteem

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one’s overall self-evaluation of one’s self-worth

Question 25

Social learning theory

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belief that learning takes place in social contexts and can occur purely through observation, even in the absence of motor reproduction. or direct reinforcement

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social comparison theory

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drive to gain accurate self-evaluations by comparing ourselves to others. Our identity will be shaped. by these comparisons and the types of reference groups we have

Question 27

Looking-glass self

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idea that a person’s sense of self development from interpersonal interactions with others in society and. the perceptions of others. People shape their self-concepts based on their understanding of how others percieve them

Question 28

Social behaviourism

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developed by George Herbert Mead. The idea that the mind and self emerge through the process of communicating with others