The self in a social world Flashcards
Feeling like everyone is noticing you and everything you wear, say and do is:
The Illusion of Transparency
People overestimate how their personal mental state is known by others.
What are self-schemas?
a cognitive framework of information and beliefs about the self that guides a person’s perception of the world.
We use _________ to evaluate our performance and beliefs.
Social comparisons.
What kind of cultures breed more self-contained indentities?
Individualistic
In the planning fallacy we:
underestimate time to complete a task
Self-esteem doesn’t predict academic performance but ________ does.
Self-concept
People with higher self-esteem react to failure or threats to their self-concept by
shifting blame or doubling efforts
People with low self-esteem react to failure or threats to their self-concept by
quitting or blaming themselves
Anger, stress, relationship problems and substance abuse are more likely in people when their self-esteem is tied to:
External sources
insecure attachments, negative attribution bias are linked to
low self-esteem
Competence + persistence=
accomplishment
What is the self-serving bias?
we accept credit for success but tend to attribute failure to something else, luck/impossible task
Our relational self contains:
attributes that are shared with those close to us
attributes like traits, goals, interests and behaviours make up our:
individual self
No matter whether good or bad things happen, we:
overestimate the effect it will have on our well-being (impact bias)
