The "social self" refers to the idea that we change how we present ourselves in different social circumstances.
If you were to walk into a lecture late and feel everybody in the lecture was watching you, you would be displaying...
The Spotlight Effect
Illusions of transparency
Paranoia
Attention attraction effect
If someone is accused of an act, but denies it, the feeling that the accuser knows they are lying is an instance of
Illusion of transparency
Spotlight effect
Drug abuse resulting in paranoia
Guilt caused obviousness
How can one decrease the illusion of transparency?
Wear dark clothes to hide themselves
Understand what illusion of transparency is
Masked feelings training
increased self-esteem
John tried to answer a question in a lecture and got it very wrong. He was incredibly embarrassed this and agonised over it for a very long time. What could explain his continued worry over such a small event?
A fundamental fear of rejection
John hates being embarrassed
John is a perfectionist
John is a psychopath
In regards to social Psychology, what is the use of negative emotions such as embarrassment?
It makes us prosocial and shows other we care
It stops arrogance, leading to an increased chance of survival
It shows others our weakness
Leads to faster learning of mistakes
The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency is evidence for...
how much the social world impacts our sense of self
We are very paranoid creatures
We are generally self-obssessed
We aren't very good at hiding our emotions
How is self knowledge stored?
As generalised self-categorisations or beliefs
As social schemas
In the amygdala
In brain books
The fact that we tend to remember what was said about us in conversations, shows that we are very egocentric creatures
Other people are just as good at reporting about ourselves as we are
What are some factors that affect the development of the social self?
Biological factors
Family position
Race or religion
Comparison of ourselves to others
Other's judgements
Our success & failures
How and where we fit into groups, how we see ourselves compared to others and how others see us, shapes our social self.
Stephanie from a family of 3 is hard working, assertive, caring, dominant, excitable, and conscientious. She is most likely to be
the oldest child
the youngest child
the middle child
adopted
Bobby is 24 years old, he attends uni and jumps at any opportunity he gets to try something new. His tutors love him because he always pays attention and does what is instructed. He has many friends and is always finding new ways to stand out. he is most likely the...
oldest
youngest
an only child
Maddy went to a public school during her whole education. She hates girls from private schools and believes that they are all "spoilt rich girls". Maddy is displaying the effects of
Out group biasing
In-group favouritism
educational biasing
side effects of bullying
You make a joke and watch somebodies reaction to that joke and subsequently decide if you are funny or not. This would be in alignment with
the looking glass self
spotlight effect
self-fulfilling prophecy
confirmation bias
Reflected self-appraisals refers to the idea that we internalise what people actually believe about us.
Working self concept refers to the idea that
we only access limited amounts of self-knowledge at any one time
we have a continually evolving sense of self
We are broken creatures that need to be constantly worked on
we are all striving to be the best we can be, so consistently work on ourselves
select all the reasons why human beings are bad at affective forecasting:
because of the impact bias
we don't know the power of our psychological immune system
We don't study the weather at school
because of the confirmation bias
Being stuck in a traffic jam isn't likely to effect me very much because of my psychological immune system.
The idea that self-esteem is related to a sociometer means self-esteem is
a measure of how included we are feeling
a measure of how close we to becoming sociopathic
a self defence mechanism
a measure of how happy we are
Mike is a very self-conscious individual, who consistently compares himself with others. Although, he only compares himself to people who seem similar to him. What theory is this in accordance with?
Social-comparison theory
Self-evaluation theory
working self concept
sociometer
Tom is a very arrogant business man. He thinks he is very included in all circles and everyone loves him. In his annual work performance report he was told he was not performing to the level required of him. How is he likely to respond?
Aggressively and become anti-social
Be very upset by this and lose motivation
He wouldn't hear it through his arrogance
He would accept it. He would understand what was being said was fair and try to improve on it.
Beth plays soccer and she believes that she is the best striker on the team, "no-one can put spin on the ball like me" she will often say. She also believes that abusing your team mates when they are playing poorly is common and everyone else on the team does this. Beth is displaying
false consensus
false uniqueness
false confirmation
false ability
Someones belief that they are the best around, and that their negative behaviour is normal, will be reinforced by
attentional biases
subtle motivational influences
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gestalt psychology refers to the idea that
we form an impression of someone based on the whole of them rather than the parts
We make assumptions about people based on brief instances
we place attributions on people very rapidly
we infer peoples behaviour based on internal causes
A trait that has a more significant impact on how we judge someone is called a
central trait
peripheral trait
biased trait
personality trait
Jimmy is 30 years old but his round baby face has always made him look younger. He applies for a top management position in a big bank. Unfortunately he doesn’t receive the job. What could have been an attributing factor to him not getting the job?
Baby face theory
hypothetical blindness
availability heuristic
counter-factual judgement
The fact that Georgia thinks happy people are generally outgoing is an example of
implicit personality theory
attribution error
attentional bias
Two people have the same resume, but they have written their personal attributions in different orders. One states they are intelligent, industrious, impulsive, critical, stubborn, envious, and the other states they are envious, stubborn, critical, impulsive, industrious, Intelligent. The first person is seen in a positive light and the second in a negative light. What is the cause of this?
primacy vs recency
fundamental attribution error
actor observer effect
implicit personality theories
We continually Receive ambiguous information and convert it into information that is consistent with our schemas
In self-discrepancy theory, people in Western cultures generally tend to exhibit a promotion prevention( promotion, prevention ) focus, while people in Eastern cultures tend to exhibit a prevention promotion( prevention, promotion ) focus
