Module 5: Developing a Concept of Self

Question 1

delayed gratification

Answer 1

the ability to hold out for a larger reward by forgoing a smaller immediate reward

Question 2

looking-glass self

Answer 2

the process by which our sense of self develops as we interact with others through various social relationships and incorporate the way those other people view us into our own sense of self

Question 3

response inhibition

Answer 3

the ability to recognize a potential behavior and stop the initiation of an undesired behavior

Question 4

self-concept

Answer 4

the idea of who we are, what we are capable of doing, and how we think and feel