Test 1 Flashcards
(35 cards)
self-fulfilling prophecy
a belief that leads to its own fulfillment
self-serving bias
a readiness to perceive oneself favorably
self-awareness
a self-conscious state in which attention focuses on oneself. it makes people more sensitive to their own people attitudes and dispositions
self-identity
a person;s sense of who he or she is and where he or she fits in the social structure
hot cognition
the mental processes that are influenced by desires and feeling
cold cognition
focus on conceptual or symbolic meanings
dual process theory
The proposal is that judgment involves two types of thinking: a fast, efficient, but sometimes faulty set of strategies and a slower, more laborious, but less risky set of strategy.
self-concept
over understanding and evaluation of who we are
self-esteem
one’s feelings of high or low self-worth
emotional identification
people identify with the emotions of others
william james self esteem thoughts
influenced by social interactions and the feedback we receive from others
dot and mirror test
a dot is drawn in the body of an animal if the animal recognize itself and reacts to the dot on its body it suggest self awareness
self-regulated learning
maintains that each of us has three selves: actual, ideal, and ought self
ideal self
one’s perception of whom one should be or would like to be
ought self
the self that is concerned with the duties, obligations, and external demands people feel they are compelled to honor
cultural frame switching
how people switch based on who they are with
public self-consciousness
a personality characteristic of individuals who focus on themselves as social objects, as seen by others
private self-consciousness
a personality characteristic of individuals who are introspective, often attending to their own inner states
self-presentation theory
assumes that for strategic reasons we express attitudes that make us appear consistent
self-monitoring
awareness of one’s behavior and how it affects others
self-enhancement motive
the desire to learn favorable or flattering things about the self
self-verification motive
experience self as consistent and predictable
narcissism
excessive self-love and self-absorption
social reflection
identifying ourselves with others who are successful
