social psych ch 5 (exam 2)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 self-concept | the content of the self (our knowledge about who we are) |
| self-awareness | the act of thinking about ourselves |
| independent view of the self | a way of defining oneself in terms of one's own internal thoughts, feelings, and actions and not in terms of the thoughts feelings and actions of others |
| interdependent view on the self | a way of defining oneself in terms of one's own internal thoughts, feelings and actions and recognizing that one's behavior is often determined in terms of the thoughts feelings and actions of others |
| introspection | the process whereby people look inward and examine their own thoughts, feelings, and motives |
| self-awareness theory | the idea that when people focus their attention on themselves, they evaluate and compare their behavior to their internal standards and values |
| Causal theories | theories about the causes of one's own feelings and behaviors; often we learn such theories from our own culture (e.g. "absence makes the heart grow fonder) |
| Reasons-generated attitude change | attitude change resulting from thinking about the reasons for one's attitudes; people assume their attitudes match the reasons that are plausible and easy to verbalize |
| self-perception theory | the theory that when our attitudes and feelings are uncertain or ambiguous, we infer these states by observing our behavior and the situation in which it occurs |
| intrinsic motivation | the desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it or find it interesting, not because of external rewards or pleasures |
| extrinsic motivation | the desire to engage in an activity because of external rewards or pressures, not because we enjoy the task or find it interesting |
| overjustification effect | the tendency for people to view their behavior as caused by compelling extrinsic reasons making them underestimate the extent to which it was caused by the intrinsic reasons |
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