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24 Cards in this Set
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Stigma Consciousness
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Readiness to perceive - outcomes as a result of our devalued group membership
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Self-Promotion
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Attempting to present ourselves to others as having + attributes
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Self-Varification Perspective
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Theory that addresses the process by which we lead others to agree with our views of ourselves; wanting others to agree with how we see ourselves
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Ingratiation
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When we try to make others like us by conveying that we like them; praising others to flatter them
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Self-Deprecating
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Putting ourselves down or implying that we are not as good as someone else
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Asynchronous Communication
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Use of text, which allows greater control over what we say to others (no visual/voice cues)
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Introspection
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To privately contemplate "who we are." Method to gaining self knowledge
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Social Identity Theory
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Address how we respind when out group identity is salient
Suggests that we will move closer to positive others with whom we share an identity with but distance ourselves from other ingroup members who perform poorly or make our social identity negative |
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Personal vs. Social Identity Continuum
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Signifies the 2 distinct ways that we recognize ourselves.
Personal level: we can be thought of as a unique individual Social Identity Level: self as a member of a group |
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Salience
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When someone/some object stands out from its background or is the focus of attention
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Intragroup Comparisons
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Judgements that result from comparisons between individuals who are members of the same group
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Intergroup Comparisons
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Judgements that result from comparisons between our group and another
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Autobiographical Memory
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Concerned with memory of ourselves in the past (sometimes over the life course as a whole)
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Possible Selves
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Image of how we might be in the future - either a "dreaded" potential to be avoided or a "desired" thing to go for
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Self-Efficacy
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Beliefe that we can achieve a goal as a result of our own actions
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Self-Control
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Foregoing short-term rewards and instead waiting for long term rewards
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Self-Esteem
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Degree to which we perceive ourselves + or -; our overall attitude toward ourselves
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Downward Social Comparison
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Comparison of the self to another who does less well than/inferior to us
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Upward Social Comparison
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Comparison of the self to another who does better than/superior to us
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Social Comparison Theory
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Festinger (1945) suggested that people compare themselves to others cause for many domains/attributes there is no objective yardstick to evaluate ourselves against, and other people are therefore highly informative
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Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model
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Persepective suggests that to maintain a + view of ourselves, we distance ourselves from others who do better on things we value and move closer to others who perform worse
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Above Average Effect
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Tendency for people to rate themselves as above average on most + social attributes
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Positive Illusions
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Beliefs we hold about ourselves that are not entirely accurate - that we can do more than is the case and that negative events aren't as likely yo befall us as they are other and the chance for success are higher
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Stereotype Threat
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Can occur when people believe that they might be judged in light of a - stereotype about their group or that cause of their performance, they may confirm a - stereotype of their group
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