Question 1

Research suggests that, compared to East Asians, Northern Americans and Western Europeans tend to have more ________________ self-construals.

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Question 2

People with excessively high self-esteem, self-love, and a selfish orientation are known as ________________.

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Question 3

Self-presentation is considered hypocritical by modern social psychologists.

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Question 4

The part of the self that exerts control and makes choices is called the ________________.

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Question 5

Although his job as an art instructor does not pay very well, Lunga really loves his work and loves how it makes him feel.Social psychologists would say that Lunga's job is ________________ rewarding.

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Question 6

Compared to people with high self-esteem, people with low self-esteem have ________________ (similar/different) life goals.

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Question 7

Since about the 1970s, people's self-esteem scores have been on the rise.

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Multiple studies have shown that people's self-esteem scores have been steadily increasing since the 1970s. However, some experts argue that these results may be inflated or overestimated due to changes in how self-esteem is measured and reported.

Question 8

There is a moderately strong relationship between IQ and self-esteem; people with higher IQs tend to have higher self-esteem.

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Question 9

The tendencies for people to overestimate their positive qualities, to see themselves as having more control over external events than they really do, and to have an unrealistically optimistic outlook on life are known as ________________.

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Question 10

The self-verification motive can also be called the ________________motive.

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Question 11

Zanele thinks she is really struggling financially compared to all her friends.Then she moves to a rural, poor part of the country and decides she is pretty well off.When Zanele compares herself to the people in her new location, she is making a(n) ________________.

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Question 12

Research on the self-reference effect would suggest that people trying to memorise words on a list would be more likely to remember a word like 'happy' if they had considered whether or not the word described them personally, as opposed to considered how long the word was.

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The self-reference effect is the phenomenon where people tend to remember information better if they can relate it to themselves. Therefore, if someone considers whether or not the word 'happy' describes them personally, they are more likely to remember it compared to someone who simply focuses on the length of the word.

Question 13

________________ refers to the process by which the self, monitors, controls and modifies itself.

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Question 14

Even though she has taken isiZulu courses for years and is almost fluent, Louise just enrolled in isiZulu I.Why? She loves the feeling of being the smartest person in the room, and loves to get scores of 100%.Louise is apparently driven by a rather strong ________________ motive.

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Question 15

The idea that people learn about themselves from interacting with other people is called the ________________.

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Question 16

Jacques has a big boxing match coming up, but he fears that he will lose.The week before the match, he claims that he is 'really busy with other studies', and does not practise at all.Even though he may not realise he is doing this, he is setting himself up so that he will have an 'excuse' in case he loses the match.Jacques is apparently engaging in ________________.

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Question 17

People try to make impressions on others by explicitly telling other people things about themselves ('I have a lot of experience with this'), by wearing certain brands (e.g., Stussy, Nike, Prada), and by using certain body language (e.g., strutting or crossing one's legs).These are all examples of ________________.

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Question 18

People with low self-esteem do not necessarily think they are horrible.They just tend to think of themselves as 'so so', 'not that great', or 'average'.

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People with low self-esteem typically do not view themselves as completely awful, but rather as unexceptional or mediocre.

Question 19

Since about the 1970s, it appears that self-esteem in the U.S.has been ________________ (increasing/decreasing).

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Question 20

Mpumi is in a study where she has to rate how desirable each person in her class is to her as a friendship partner.Mpumi is in a study that probably tests ________________ theory.

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Quiz 3: The Self