Social Psychology - Chapter 3: The Social Self

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vocab imported from the Social Psychology Chapter 3: The Social Self Heinzen/Goodfriend quizlet.

29 Terms

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Self-Awareness

the understanding that we are separate from other people

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Self-Recognition

self-awareness

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Mirror Self-Recognition Test

"Rouge Test"

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Self Concept

The personal summary of who we believe we are

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Social Comparison Theory

use of social comparisons to construct self concepts

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Social Identity Theory

our self concept is made of two parts: a personal and social identity

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Independent Self-Construal

when someone's ideal self is based largely on internal personal qualities

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Interdependent Self-Construal

when someone's ideal self is based largely on social qualities

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Self-Schema

memory structures that organize and summarize our beliefs about self-relevant information

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Schema

a cognitive memory structure

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Self Perception Theory

the theory that individuals form their own self-concept by observing their own behavior

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Self-Discrepancy

when a mismatch exists between someone's actual, ideal, and ought self

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Self Expansion Theory

the idea that all humans have a basic motivation to grow

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Other-Enhancement

impression management tactic where people compliment another to gain social influence

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Opinion Conformity

where people endorse the opinion of others to increase social influence

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Self Enhancements

when people imply that their accomplishments are more significant than they actually are

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Entitlement

when someone takes credit for positive events they weren't apart of

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Conspicious Consumption

publicly displaying expensive products in an attempt to impress

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Self-Insight

one's ability to self observe and evaluate their own behavior

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Self Monitor

an individuals ability to adjust their own behavior to attempt to fit in

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Optimal Margin Theory

a slight to moderate range of healthy distortions of reality improves well being

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Positive illusions

beliefs that depart us from reality in ways that help us to remain optimistic

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Subjective Age

how old people feel relative to their real age

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Self-Serving cognitive bias

cognitive distortions that make people believe they are better than they are

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Self- Esteem

individuals' subjective personal evaluation of their self concept

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Self-Compassion

an orientation to care about one's self

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Narcissism

excessive self love based on unwarranted belief

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Self-Efficacy

the degree to which individuals believe that they are capable of completing a certain task

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Collective Self Esteem

individuals' evaluation of the worth of the social groups of which they are apart of

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