psy235 exam #2

Autobiographical Reasoning

Ability to find meaningful conclusions of self from experience.

The Big Five

Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience.

Ego

The 'I'; the self that is aware.

Identity

Involves exploring possible roles/goals and eventually committing to them.

Narrative Identity

Constantly changing story of self based on reflection to give life a purpose.

Redemptive Narratives

Life stories affirming that improvement is important.

Reflexivity

The 'I' reflects on itself to create the 'Me'.

Self as Autobiographical Author

Sense of self as a storyteller reflecting on past and predicting future.

Self as Motivated Agent

Sense of self as a force striving for goals.

Self as Social Actor

Sense of self whose behavior is based on traits/roles.

Social Reputation

Traits and social roles others attribute to you.

Age 5-to-7 Shift

Changes that occur in elementary years resulting in more intent towards goals.

Theory of Mind

Understanding others have their own desires and motivations.

Affective Forecasting

Predicting how we will feel after an event.

Automatic

A process with unintentional, uncontrollable, unconscious, or efficient characteristics.

Availability Heuristic

Likelihood of an event is based on how easily it comes to mind.

Chameleon Effect

Tendency for individuals to nonconsciously mimic behavior of others during interactions.

Directional Goals

Motivation to reach a specific outcome.

Durability Bias

One overestimates how long they will feel an emotion.

Explicit Attitude

Conscious belief.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts that reduce complex problem-solving.

Hot Cognition

Mental processes influenced by feelings.

Impact Bias

One overestimates how intense they will feel an emotion.

Implicit Attitude

Nonconscious belief.

Mood-Congruent Memory

Tendency to recall memories with a mood similar to current mood.

Motivated Skepticism

One is skeptical of evidence because it goes against a directional goal.

Planning Fallacy

One underestimates how long a task will take.

Primed

A concept is more accessible cognitively through presentation of the concept.

Representativeness Heuristic

Likelihood of an object belonging to a category is based on matching the appearance to idea of the category.

Schema

Mental model for organizing information.

Social Cognition

Study of how people think about the social world.