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CH. 11 Flashcards

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Lookism

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trap to get caught on overemphasis on the surface

-EX: Always smiling, but sad inside

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Adjustment for children of different cultures

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Ex: Hinduism

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Survey

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a questionare

-Social Desirability Bias

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Social Desirability Bias

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what people say, isn’t always what they will do

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Qualitative Research

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Ex: Interview

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Narrative Identity

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to tell your life story ing our head

- not until adolescence

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Unwanted Identity

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Brene Brown
-qualitative
-scared to speak of what they do because of feeling ashamed
-labels
Ex: Saying immigrants come to US & take all jobs

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Brene Brown

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-unwanted identity

Live in a culture where people are going to label you for what you are

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Landscape = changes in:

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  1. Self-esteem
  2. Self-concept
  3. Identity
  4. Personality
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Self-esteem

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very broad & emotional

  • feel during situations
  • fluctuates across the life span
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Self-concept

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very specific

  • Ex: academics, church, sports, family, work
  • adolescence: more abstract
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Self-understanding

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also called Identity Achievement

  • broad
  • how you describe yourself
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Personality

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-stage models
-many parts of self
EX: Are you consciousness
- enduring & identity
-less likely to change as you get older

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Gender Differences

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in self-esteem emerge by early adolescence

  • Men = higher
  • Women = lower
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To enhance self-esteem

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inductive methods
- not logic, offering an explanation
-not power-assertive
EX: yelling to get point across
-avoid labels
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Self-Regulation

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the ability to control oneself

  • includes self-generation and cognitive monitoring of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reach a goal
  • better achievers and more satisfied
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Self-Control

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increases in early adulthood into middle adult years

-decline in perceived self-control of health and cognitive functioning

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Selection

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means focus

  • not multi-task
  • reduction in performance in most life domains
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Optimization

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do best you can to get peak performance

- EX: Elderly = jigsaw puzzles & exercise

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Compensation

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back up and do things differently to require a lack of skill

-Ex: Slowed down music to make people be able to cope

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Narrative Identity

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Adolescence

  • Emerging Adulthood
  • Adulthood
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Newer models

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integrating throughout our lives

-autonomy and connectedness

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Older models

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independence and separation

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Separateness

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individuality

  • say point of view in conflicting point of view
  • not agreeing with someone but speak up about it
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Splitting
tunnel vision
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Self-esteem
> 20's levels off in 30's rises in 50's & 60's < 70's & 80's
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Connectedness
1. ) mutuality = don't agree but respect their point of view | 2. ) permeability = open to a new point of view
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Identity Development
Erik Erikson = 5th stage of Psychosocial Personality Development - at adolescence - exploration/experimentation = how to identify identity - fidelity = essential; finding a purpose/meaning
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James Marcia
``` 4 different identity statuses - MAMA cycle -student of Erikson & bothered by his theory 2 key dimensions: 1.) Crisis 2.) Commitment ```
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Crisis
period of identity development during which individuals explores alternatives -turning point in own life -wake up call EX: being arrested
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Commitment
personal investment in identity
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4 statuses:
1. ) Identity diffusion 2. ) Identity foreclosure 3. ) Identity moratorium 4. ) Identity achievement
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Identity diffusion
confusion - Ex: Gangs - crisis = no - commitment = no
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Identity foreclosure
makes commitment but never questions own identity - Ex: Having a certain job because your parents said so - crisis = no - commitment = yes
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Identity moratorium
healthy later identity statuses - who cares - crisis = yes - commitment = no
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Identity achievement
``` crisis = yes commitment = yes ```
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Personality
enduring personal characteristics - trait theories - five big factors: OCEAN
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Traits
ways to describe a person by behaviors
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Big Five Factors of Personality
OCEAN = approach to personality development 1. ) Openness 2. ) Conscientiousness 3. ) Extraversion 4. ) Agreeableness 5. ) Neuroticism
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Openness
- imaginative or practical | - independent or conforming
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Conscientiousness
most important - organized or disorganized - careful or careless - disciplined or impulsive
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Extraversion
- sociable - fun-loving - affectionate
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Agreeableness
- soft-hearted - trusting - helpful
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Neuroticism
2nd important - calm or anxious - secure or insecure - self-satisfied or self-pitying
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Big Five Factors: Adulthood
emotional stability, extraversion, openness, and agreeableness lower in early adulthood -peaks between 40-60 -decreases in late adulthood +Conscientiousness = continues to increase
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George Vaillant
longitudinal study +happy-well +sad-sick +dead
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Generativity
adults desire to leave a legacy of themselves on future generations - wanting to give to other people - Ex: having kids - Ex: doing something to help the community
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Stagnation
an individual senses that he/she has done nothing for future generations
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Life events approach
focuses on events and how we adapt to a situation | EX: Football players with child abuse
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The Imposter Syndrome
someone quietly inside head says I'm a fake because it's not good enough - wanting to be perfect with everything - Ex: Becomes nurse but feels like a failure because he didn't get the highest grades he wanted
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To Counteract: The Imposter Syndrome
- recognize the benefits - helps us avoid complacency - adds source of strength
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Coherence
I can pull it together

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