How do we use self-schemas to process information about ourselves?

Some psychologists believe that _________________, or looking within, is one way to learn about ourselves.

What is the difference between idiographic and nomothetic approaches?

Which statement is most correct about self-esteem?

a. Self-esteem can fluctuate depending on circumstances.

b. Self-esteem only fluctuates after the age of 30.

c. Self-esteem does not fluctuate at all throughout life.

d. Self-esteem begins at a very high level and decreases throughout life.

When do most children with autism spectrum disorder show signs of this disorder?

How will you improve your life by building self-esteem?

According to symbolic interactionists George Herbert Mead, what is generalized other?

What are the "Big Five" personality traits according to Paul Costa and McCrae?

Regarding IQ similarities between parents and adopted children, which findings are most common?

a) Over time, the IQs of adopted children are more similar to their biological parents than their adoptive parents.

b) Over time, the IQs of adopted children are more similar to their adoptive parents than their biological parents.

c) Adoptive parents do not tend to have much influence on their children's IQs.

d) Biological parents do not tend to have much influence on their children's IQs.

Which of the following statements about environmental influences is most accurate? a. Children's behavior is influenced mostly by their parents. b. Children's behavior is influenced mostly by their peers. c. Parents and peers both influence children's behavior. d. Neither parents nor peers can influence children's behavior.

According to Charles Horton Cooley, how do we develop our self-concept?

How do expectancy effects become self-fulfilling prophecies?

Abraham Maslow described _______ as self-initiated striving to become what we believe we are capable of being.

a. cognitions

b. performance

c. self-actualization

d. bahavior

Increasing the exposure time will cause:

a. an increase in density; the image appears darker

b. an increase in density; the image appears lighter

c. a decrease in density; the image appears darker

d. a decrease in density; the image appears lighter