psy235 exam #2

Autobiographical Reasoning: Ability to find meaningful conclusions of self from experience

Big Five: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience

Ego: The “I”

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 1+ of the following: unintentional, uncontrollable, unconscious, efficient

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 influences 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