Question 1

What is the basic idea behind social identity theory? Describe a study derived from this theory. What were the results of the study?

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Question 2

Briefly describe a self-awareness theory perspective on alcoholism. What are some of the relevant research findings?

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What is the essence of the self-regulatory perseveration theory of depression? According to this theory, what can be done to break the cycle of depression? Give a hypothetical example.

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Question 4

What is the basic premise of self-awareness theory? According to research from this theory, how are people likely to react to a discrepancy between their actual self or behavior and their internalized ideals?

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Question 5

What is the basic idea behind social role theory? According to this theory, why is it the case that gender differences in career and life opportunities tend to be perpetually reinforced and transmitted across generations?

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Question 6

What are the different self-images proposed by self-discrepancy theory? What kinds of emotions does the theory predict will result when individuals perceive a discrepancy between their actual self and each of these selves?

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What is affective forecasting? Are people skilled or not at this particular ability? Why or why not? Provide an example from your college experience or research demonstrating some of the results of affective forecasting.

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Question 8

What is symbolic interactionism, and what are some of its primary insights?

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Question 9

What is the phenomenon of ego depletion? Discuss at least two research findings which testify to the existence of this phenomenon.

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Question 10

What is the better than average effect? Who does research suggest is most likely to demonstrate this effect? Why would these people demonstrate the effect more than others?

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Question 11

What is social comparison theory? What are downward and upward comparisons? When are we most likely to compare ourselves to others, according to this perspective?

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Question 12

What is the central idea behind self-perception theory? What are some examples of the role that self-perception processes play in emotion?

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Question 13

Describe a typical study demonstrating the benefits of cognitive reappraisal.

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Question 14

What does research and theory suggest are the differences between guilt and shame? Name at least two of the different outcomes of shame and guilt proneness that have been demonstrated in studies.

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Question 15

What is the main idea behind action identification theory? Provide some hypothetical examples of different ways to conceive of an action. According to this theory, what is at least one factor that influences the way people think about their actions?

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Question 16

What is the two-factor theory of emotion? Describe the design of the classic study that first tested this theory. How did this study demonstrate misattribution of arousal?

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Question 17

Describe the phenomenon of ironic processing, and discuss the rebound effect.

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Question 18

What is the difference between a goal and other kinds of information that might be primed in a given situation?

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Question 19

Describe construal level theory. Provide an example from your college experience that demonstrates the central ideas of this theory.

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Question 20

What is a self-schema, and what is a working self-concept? What kinds of factors trigger different working self-concepts? Provide examples.

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Quiz 5: The Nature, Origins, and Functions of the Self