Self-Concept and Identity

Question 1

Self-concept

Answer 1

the sum of ways we describe ourselves

Question 2

identities

Answer 2

individual components of our self-concept related to the group to which we belong

Question 3

self-esteem

Answer 3

the closer our actual self is to our ideal self and our ought self (who others want us to be), the greater our self-esteem

Question 4

self-efficacy

Answer 4

the degree to which we see ourselves as being capable at a given skill or situation

Question 5

learned helpnessness

Answer 5

a state of hopelessness that results from being unable to avoid repeated negative stimuli

Question 6

locus of control

Answer 6

internal: we control our own success/failure
external: outside factors have more control