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20 Cards in this Set
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The kind of person you believe yourself to be is called the
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perceived self
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Nonverbal messages we receive from significant others about our competence are always a kind of
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feedback.
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People with high self-esteem tend to disapprove of others more than people with low self-esteem. T or F?
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False
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The tendency to look for people who confirm our existing self-concept is termed
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cognitive conservatism.
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The process of judging ourselves by how we think others evaluate or judge us is called
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reflected appraisal
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Self-fulfilling prophecies are
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positive or negative predictions of our behavior, imposed by others and/or ourselves.
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If you want to feel more self-confident when meeting new people, your text advised you to
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disregard obsolete or inaccurate feedback |
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According to your text, the word "can't" often serves to
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help us accept our limitations
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The communication strategies people use to influence how others view them is the process of
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identity management
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The relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself is called your
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self-concept.
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Both verbal and nonverbal messages contribute to a developing self-concept. T or F?
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True
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All of the following are examples of social comparison except...
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a. being judged for a test based on other students's grades **B. thinking over how you have added muscle mass in the last four months c. being offered a job after several competitive interviews d. judging your fitness level in contrast to others in the gym e. all the above |
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You are unlikely to reveal all of the perceived self to another person. T or F?
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True
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People who have high self-esteem
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expect to be accepted by others
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Jane did better than Barbara on the math test. Jane can't do math as well as Barbara normally, but her teacher kept telling her how smart she was, and how her hard work would help her do better on the test. The fact that Jane did do better because of her own expectations is an example of
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a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Negative self-fulfilling prophecies you impose upon yourself are a form of
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psychological noise.
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People try to shape the opinion others have of them in order to
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get affiliation or respect
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When trying to change one's self-concept, it is important to remember all of the following except that
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a. one should set realistic goals b. one should have a real desire to change **C. ONE SHOULD EXPECT RAPID CHANGE d. one should possess the skills to change
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The most significant part of one person's self-concept is
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dependent on the individual.
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The self-concept is extremely resistant to change. T or F? |
True
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