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18 Cards in this Set
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Self concept clarity |
The extent to which knowledge about the self is stable and clearly and consistently defined |
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Independent view of the self |
Defining oneself fin terms of one's own internal thoughts, feelings, and actions, and not in terms of the thoughts, feelings and actions of other people |
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Interdependent view of the self |
Defining oneself in terms of one's relationships to other people; recognizing that one's behaviours is often determined by the thoughts, feelings, actions of others |
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Intrinsic Motivation |
The desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it or find it interesting, not because of external rewards or pressures |
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Extrinsic motivation |
The desire to engage in an activity because of external rewards or pressure, not because we enjoy the task or find it interesting |
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Over justification effect |
The case where people view their behaviour as caused by compelling extrinsic reasons, making them underestimate the extent to which their behaviour was caused by intrinsic reasons |
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Task-contigent rewards |
Rewards that are given for performing a task, regardless of how well the task is done |
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Performance-contingent rewards |
Rewards that are based on how well we perform a task |
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False uniqueness effect |
Share weaknesses with others but only you have your strengths |
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Self effacement |
The tendency to have a negative view of oneself, found in Asian cultures |
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Self-verification theory |
A theory suggesting that people have a need to seek confirmation of their self concept, whether the self-concept is positive or negative; n some circumstances, this tendency can conflict with the desire to uphold a favourable view of oneself |
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Theory of planned behaviour |
A theory that the best predictors of a person's planned, deliberate behaviours are the person's attitudes toward specific behaviours, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control |
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Attitude inoculation |
The process of making people immune to attempts to change their attitudes by exposing them to small doses of the arguments against their position |
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External Justification |
A person's reason or explanation for dissonant behaviour that resides outside the individual |
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Internal justification |
The reduction of dissonance by changing something about oneself |
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Rationalization trap |
The potential for dissonance reduction to produce a succession of self-justifications that ultimately result in a chain of stupid or immoral actions |
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Self- Affirmation theory |
A theory suggesting that people will reduce the impact of a dissonance-arousing threat to their self-concept by focusing on and affirming their competence on some dimension unrelated to the threat |
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Construal |
The way in which people perceive,comprehend and interpret the social world |
