The Self Chapter 3 MCQ

Question 1

Self-knowledge (self-concept)

Answer 1

a set of beliefs about oneself

Question 2

Interpersonal self (public self)

Answer 2

the image of the self that is conveyed to others

Question 3

Agent self (executive function)

Answer 3

the part of the self involved in control, including both control over other people and self-control

Question 4

Self as impuse

Answer 4

a persons inner thoughts and feelings

Question 5

Self as institution

Answer 5

the way a person acts in public, especially in official roles

Question 6

Independent self-construal

Answer 6

a self-concept that emphasizes what makes the self different and sets it apart from others

Question 7

Interdependent self-construal

Answer 7

a self-concept that emphasizes what connects the self to other people and groups

Question 8

Social roles

Answer 8

the difference roles a person plays, as in a play or a movie

Question 9

Self-awareness

Answer 9

attention directed at the self

Question 10

Private self-awareness

Answer 10

looking inwards on the private aspects of the self, including emotions, thoughts, desires and traits

Question 11

Public self-awareness

Answer 11

looking outward on the public aspects of the self that others can see and evaluate

Question 12

Standards

Answer 12

ideas (concepts) of how things might possibly be

Question 13

Public self-consciousness

Answer 13

thinking about how others percieve you

Question 14

Self-regulation

Answer 14

the process people use to control and change their thoughts, feelings and behaviours

Question 15

Looking-glass self

Answer 15

the idea that people learn about themselves by imagining how they appear to others

Question 16

Generalizes other

Answer 16

a combination of other peoples views that tells you who and what you are

Question 17

Introspection

Answer 17

the process by which a person examines the contents of his or her mind and mental state

Question 18

Social comparison

Answer 18

examining the difference between oneself and another person

Question 19

Upward social comparison

Answer 19

Comparing yourself to people better than you

Question 20

Downward social comparison

Answer 20

Comparing yourself to people worse off than you

Question 21

Self-perception theory

Answer 21

the theory that people observe their own behaviour to infer what they are thinking and how they are feelings

Question 22

Phenomenal self (working self-concept)

Answer 22

the image of the self that is currently active in the persons thoughts

Question 23

Intrinsic motivation

Answer 23

wanting to perform an activity for its own sake

Question 24

Extrinsic motivation

Answer 24

performing an activity because of something that results from it

Question 25

Overjustification effect

Answer 25

the tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associated with rewards

Question 26

Appraisal motive

Answer 26

the simple desire to learn the truth about oneself, whatever it is

Question 27

Self-enhancment motive

Answer 27

the desire to learn favourable or flattering things about the self

Question 28

Consistency motive

Answer 28

a desire to get feedback that confirms what the person already believes about himself or herself

Question 29

Self-handicapping

Answer 29

putting obstacles in the way of ones own performance so that anticipated or possible failure can be blamed on the obstacle instead of on lack of ability

Question 30

Automatic egotism

Answer 30

response by the automatic system that everything good is me and everything bad is not me

Question 31

Self-reference effect

Answer 31

the finding that information bearing on the self is processed more thouroughly and more deeply, and hence remembered better than other information

Question 32

Endowment effect

Answer 32

the finding that items gain in value to the person who owns them

Question 33

Self-esteem

Answer 33

how favourably someone evaluates him or herself

Question 34

Self-protection

Answer 34

trying to avoid loss of esteem

Question 35

Self-deception strategies

Answer 35

mental tricks people use to help them believe things that are false

Question 36

Self-serving bias

Answer 36

a pattern in which people claim credit for success but deny blame for failure

Question 37

Sociometer

Answer 37

a measure of how desirable one would be to other people

Question 38

Narcissism

Answer 38

excessive self-love and selfish orientation

Question 39

Self-presentation

Answer 39

any behaviour that seeks to convery some image of self or some information about the self to other people