Exam 5 - Section 3 Flashcards
(39 cards)
_________ - How we think of ourselves affects how we behave
Psychological self
_________– the facts and impressions that we consciously know and can describe
Declarative knowledge
_________- consciously aware of your traits
Declarative knowledge
_________
– Relational self
• patterns of social skills and styles of relating to others
Procedural knowledge
_________-part of you that is doing the perceiving
Implicit self
_________
• patterns of social skills and styles of relating to others
– Relational self
_________
• unconscious self-knowledge; we are not aware of these
characteristics, but they influence our behavior
Implicit self
_________- observing part of you, the part that noticing that you yourself are doing something
Implicit self
_________
• Related to dissatisfaction with life, hopelessness, delinquency, etc.
Low self-esteem
Attempts to increase self-esteem may be detrimental
• _________
increasing awareness
Self-esteem can be too high
• Related to problems in _________
relationships
How to legitimately increase self-esteem • _________
Accomplish important tasks
_________- who you want to be in the future impacts who we are right now
Possible selves
People that Want similar future selves choose similar _________
mates
_________
– The interactions between possible selves and the
actual self determine feelings about life
Self-discrepancy theory
Ideal self
• Discrepancy leads to _________
depression
Ought self
• Discrepancy leads to _________
anxiety
Implicit selves
– Includes the _________ self
relational
Self-esteem
–_________ : respond more quickly when “me” and “good” are paired than when “me” and “bad” are paired
High implicit self-esteem
_________- discrepancy between Ideal self and actual self
Self-discrepancy theory
_________-
• “The sense of being the same person persists across the entire lifespan
The Really Real Self
_________ classification
– paranoid personality disorder
– schizoid personality disorder
– schizotypal personality disorder
Odd
_________ classification
– antisocial personality disorder
– borderline personality disorder
– histrionic personality
– narcissistic personality disorder
dramatic
_________ classification
– avoidant personality disorder
– dependent personality disorder
– obsessive / compulsive PD
anxious