week 24

Question 1

The fact that different parts of the self impact each other—that the “I” resonates back on the “me”—supports the Greek notion that the self is inherently ______.

Answer 1

reflexive

Question 2

Sadie is only 4 years old, and her grandmother says to her, “tell me something about yourself!” What is Sadie likely to say at her age?

Answer 2

Appearance, I have long brown hair.

Question 3

According to the theory of Erik Erikson, the search for ______is the primary developmental challenge of the teenage years, and this “crisis” extends through adolescence and into young adulthood.

Answer 3

identity

Question 4

Paulo is in his mid-twenties, and recently he has been considering his life. He thinks back over all of his past experiences as well as what he wants to accomplish in the future. The combination of these actions produces a ______that may be revised several times as his life continues.

Answer 4

narrative identity

Question 5

The ability, typically developed in adolescence, to derive substantive conclusions about the self from analyzing one’s own personal experiences.

Answer 5

Autobiographical reasoning

Question 6

Sigmund Freud’s conception of an executive self in the personality.

Answer 6

Ego

Question 7

An internalized and evolving story of the self designed to provide life with some measure of temporal unity and purpose.

Answer 7

Narrative identity

Question 8

Life stories that affirm the transformation from suffering to an enhanced status or state.

Answer 8

Redemptive narratives

Question 9

The idea that the self reflects back upon itself; that the I (the knower, the subject) encounters the Me (the known, the object)

Answer 9

Reflexivity

Question 10

The traits and social roles that others attribute to an actor.

Answer 10

Social reputation

Question 11

The self as knower, the sense of the self as a subject who encounters itself

Answer 11

The “I”

Question 12

The self as known, the sense of the self as the object or target of the I’s knowledge and work.

Answer 12

The “Me”

Question 13

Emerging around the age of 4, the child’s understanding that other people have minds in which are located desires and beliefs

Answer 13

Theory of mind

Question 14

Jamie trusts her best friend Ariana and shares all her secrets and fears with her. Ariana is known as Jamie’s ______.

Answer 14

confidante

Question 15

A person with a strong need for admiration and a lack of empathy would be displaying ______.

Answer 15

narcissism

Question 16

The psychiatrist asked Maria how she felt about the quality of her marriage; a type of ______ variable.

Answer 16

subjective social

Question 17

What is the name of the scientific term used to describe how people experience the quality of their lives in terms of life satisfaction?

Answer 17

subjective well-being

Question 18

Relationships help satisfy our deep-seated, psychological need to ______.

Answer 18

belong

Question 19

Being cunning, strategic, or exploitative in one’s relationships.

Answer 19

Machiavellianism

Question 20

The act of avoiding or ignoring a person, and withholding all social interaction for a period of time.

Answer 20

Shunning

Question 21

Alison thinks of herself as a good friend, a big sister, and a loving wife. Which self-construal is she an example of?

Answer 21

the interdependent self

Question 22

The people of Mateo’s village all work together and share their food. All of the village members have equal status in their community. What type of culture is this?

Answer 22

horizontal collectivist

Question 23

When students wear a cap and gown and receive a printed diploma in front of friends and family, this is an example of:

Answer 23

a ritual

Question 24

An approach to understanding culture primarily by paying attention to unique and distinctive features that set them apart from other cultures.

Answer 24

Cultural differences

Question 25

Being unduly guided by the beliefs of the culture you’ve grown up in

Answer 25

Ethnocentric bias