When there are no objective criteria and we feel uncertain with whom are we most likely to compare ourselves?

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The part of the self that experiences life and makes decisions (the "I")

Self Awareness.

The part of the self that is your collected knowledge about yourself (the "Me")

Self Schema.

The part of the self that is your overall attitude about yourself

Self Esteem

The part of the self that is your immediate experience of who you are based on the current context

Working Self Concept

When people focus attention on themselves, they

are less likely to follow their moral standards.

Your friend Jane is interning at a law firm. When you ask her how it's going, she says, "I'm feeling good about it because I'm doing much better than the intern who started a month after me." What kind of social comparison is Jane making?

Downward Social Comparison.

Which is the following is MOST true?

People with independent selves typically have higher self esteem than those with interdependent selves.

On Halloween, you decide to do an experiment. When the trick-or-treaters arrive at your house, you have them stand in a line on your front porch. You stay outside with the group and let each child enter your house individually. You tell them they can take one piece of candy from the bowl that is sitting on a table. Half of the time you put the candy bowl in front of a big mirror. The other half of the time there is no mirror present. All of the children may be tempted to take more than one piece of candy. Which children will be LEAST likely to give in to temptation?

Those in the mirror condition.

Experimental evidence on self-discrepancy theory shows that being induced to think that your actual self resembles your ________ self increases ________.

ideal; sensitivity to positive outcomes.

When our college football team wins, we are more likely to wear our school's colors the following Monday and to use the pronoun we when describing the game-winning touchdown or goal. This behavior illustrates how the process of ____ can increase self-esteem.

Reflected Success.

Ji-Min thinks of herself as outgoing, a big sister, a runner, and intelligent. These are aspects of Ji-Min's

self concept.

On the night of an important basketball game, Albert decided to leave his glasses at home. When his coach asked him if he wanted to return home to get them, Albert told the coach that he would rather not risk missing part of the game and that he'd try his best without them. Which of the following self-presentational strategies is Albert using?

Self-Handicapping.

When there are no objective criteria and we feel uncertain, with whom are we most likely to compare ourselves?

Those who are similar to us on the relevant dimension.

Jim tends to act in accordance with his internal inclinations, impulses, and dispositions. Also, he is not very attuned to the social context in which he finds himself. Thus, Jim would score ________ on a measure of ________.

low; self-monitoring.

Jake and Martin are standing at the counter of the convenience store, and Jake—who has just failed his psychology exam—is animatedly telling Martin that the exam was unfair and that his professor is unreasonable. As he takes his change, Jake sees his image on the security camera. This causes him to wonder whether he actually studied enough for the exam. Jake's self-scrutiny in this situation would be predicted by ________ theory.

self awareness.

Consider the following self-description: "It's important to me to make others happy. I work hard to cooperate with others, and seldom get into arguments. My friends are more important to me than my professional success." A(n) ________ is most likely to have provided such a self-description.

accountant living in Tokyo, Japan

Which of the following is MOST true about self-esteem?

An adequate amount of self-esteem protects us from psychological threats.

Amanda is at a team picnic with her coach and fellow soccer players. Which of the following is the BEST example of ingratiatio

Amanda tells her coach that the quinoa salad he made was delicious, even though she thinks it tasted like dirt.

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