PPT 2

Question 1

In one study (Gallup, 1970), researchers painted a red dot on the forehead of anesthetized chimpanzees and then placed the animal in a cage with a mirror. When chimpanzees wake up and look in the mirror, they touch the dot on their face, not a dot on the face in the mirror. what does this action shows?

Answer 1

they can recognize that they exist as individuals.

Question 2

what age? children become aware of their gender, whether they are male or female.

Answer 2

by the age of two

Question 3

what age? children’s self-descriptions tend to be based on physical characteristics, such as hair color

Answer 3

by the age of four

Question 4

children are able to understand basic emotions and trait concepts, being able to make statements such as “I am a good person”

Answer 4

by the age of six

Question 5

is a knowledge representation that contains knowledge about us, including our beliefs about our personality traits, physical characteristics, abilities, values, goals and roles, as well as the knowledge that we exist as individuals.

Answer 5

Self-concept

Question 6

refers to the impressions that you have of yourself and how they influence your behavior.

Answer 6

self-schema

Question 7

self schema holds?

Answer 7

1. Behaviors (“I’m assertive,” “I avoid conflict”)
2. Personality traits (“I’m shy,” “I’m friendly”)
3. Physical characteristics (“I’m pretty,” “I’m attractive”)
4. Interests (“I love sports,” “I like art”)

Question 8

Aspects of the self-concept relating to ?

Answer 8

1. Physical characteristics
2. Personality traits
3. Demonstration of cultural differences

Question 9

People often describe themselves using their cultural characteristics that emphasize their uniqueness.

Answer 9

Demonstrating cultural differences

Question 10

The specific and stable personality characteristics that describe an individual (“I am friendly,” “I am shy,” “I am persistent”). These individual differences are important determinants of behavior, and this aspect of the self-concept varies among people.

Answer 10

Personality traits

Question 11

positive or negative way (“I’m blonde”, “I’m short”), partly because they understand that these characteristics stand out and can therefore be used by others when judging them.

Answer 11

. Physical characteristics

Question 12

Parts of our self-concept ?

Answer 12

1. Self-awareness
2. Self-complexity
3. Self-concept clarity

Question 13

refers to the extent to which we are currently fixing our attention on our own self-concept.
because of our concerns about being observed and potentially judged by others

Answer 13

Self-awareness

Question 14

the extent to which individuals have many different and relatively independent ways of thinking about themselves.

Answer 14

Self-complexity

Question 15

is the extent to which one’s self-concept is clearly and consistently defined.
When we have a clear concept of ourselves

Answer 15

Self-concept clarity