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Chapter 3 - The Social Self (Terms)

Terms in this set (22)

Implicit Egotism
nonconscious form of self-enhancement
Self-handicapping
Bx designed to sabotage one's own performance in order to provide an excuse for failure
Basking in Reflected Glory
act to increase self-esteem by associating with others who are successful
Downward Social Comparisons
defensive tendency to compare ourselves with others who are worse off than we are
Self-Concept
sum total of an individual's beliefs about his or her own personal attributes
Self-Schema
belief people hold about themselves that guides the processing of self-reliant information
Affective Forecasting
process or predicting how one would feel in response to future emotional events
Self-Perception Theory
idea that people gain self-insight by observing their own behavior
Facial Feedback Hypothesis
idea that changes in facial expression can lead to corresponding changes in emotion
Overjustification Effect
tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associated with reward
Social Comparison THeory
idea that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others
Two-Factory Theory of Emotion
idea that experience of emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation of arousal
Dialectism
system of thought that accepts the coexistence of contradictory characteristics within a single person
Self-Esteem
affective component of the self, consisting of a person's positive and negative self evaluations
Sociometer Theory
idea that people have a mechanism that enables us to detect acceptance or rejection
Terror Management THeory
idea that humans cope with fear of death by constructing worldviews that help preserve self-esteem
Self-Awareness THeory
idea that self-focused attention leads people to notice self discrepancies
Private Self-Conscious
personality characteristic of individuals who are introspective
Public Self-Conscious
personality characteristic of individuals who focus on themselves as social objects
Self-Regulation
process by which people control their thoughts, feelings, or bx to achieve a goal
Self-Presentation
strategy people use to shape what others think about them
Self-Monitoring
tendency to change bx in response to the self-presentation concerns of the situation
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