Week 5 (Ch 5)

Question 1

What is self concept?

Answer 1

Our knowledge about who we are

Question 2

What is self-awareness?

Answer 2

The act of thinking about ourselves?

Question 3

What is a self-schema?

Answer 3

An organized body of knowledge about the self that influences what people notice, think about, and remember about themselves

Question 4

What is a sociometer in relation to sociometer theory?

Answer 4

Monitors the environment for cues about the extent to which we are accepted or rejected by others.

Question 5

What are the 3 levels of self-concept?

Answer 5

Personal, relational, and collective

Question 6

In relation to self-concept.. what is the personal level?

Answer 6

aspects of the self making us different from others

Question 7

In relation to self-concept.. what is the relational level?

Answer 7

Our connections to others (interpersonal relationships)

Question 8

In relation to self-concept.. What is the collective level?

Answer 8

aspects of the self that connect us to collections of others (our group memberships)

Question 9

What 3 levels of self esteem do the 3 levels of self concept lead to?

Answer 9

Personal identity –> personal self esteem

• Your evaluation of personal identity
  ex. Am I good?

Relational identity –> relational self esteem
- Your evaluation of relationships with others

Collective identity –> collective self esteem

• Your evaluation of your personal identity
  ex. Are we good?

Question 10

What are examples of personal, relational, collective self aspects?

Answer 10

Personal:
intelligent, patient, kind

Relational:
Father of, girlfriend of

Collective:
Father,
Music Lover
Language lover

Question 11

What are the characteristics of self-aspects?

Answer 11

central vs. Peripheral

Salient vs. non-salient

Actual vs. possible vs. ideal

Question 12

Self-complexity usually refers to ______ identity

Answer 12

personal

Question 13

Identity complexity usually refers to _______ identity

Answer 13

collective

Question 14

What are the benefits to increased self-complexity?

Answer 14

less moody
Life events have less impact on emotions and well-being
Less severe responses to stress
Greater tolerance of ambiguity

Question 15

Is self complexity context dependent?

Answer 15

YEs

Question 16

What 3 things do self-aspects vary in?

Answer 16

centrality, salience, and awareness

Question 17

The self-concept regulates our:

Answer 17

behaviour, choices, and plans for the future.

Question 18

Does self-control require energy?

Answer 18

YES. When we are tired or stressed, we may not have the energy needed to maintain self control.

Question 19

What is the self-reference effect?

Answer 19

tendency for people to remember information better if they relate it to themselves/

Question 20

What is self-concept clarity?

Answer 20

The extent to which knowledge about the self is stable, clear and consistently defined.

Question 21

Those with low-self concept clarity tend to have low self-esteem and are prone to _________ compared to those with high self-concept clarity

Answer 21

depression