Self-Concept
A collection of beliefs about one's basic nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior
What is self-concept
One’s overall assessment of one's worth as a person
What is self-esteem
Inferences that people draw about the causes of their own behavior
What are Self-Attributions
One's belief in the ability to perform
What is Self-Efficacy?
An image presented to others in social interactions
What is public self?
A Mismatch between self-perceptions of actual self, ideal self, and ought self
What is self-discrepancy
The parenting style associated with the highest self-esteem
What is Authoritative parenting
A dislike of expending mental/cognitive effort that typically results in the use of mental shortcuts
What is Cognitive Misers?
A psychological theory that suggests we have a limited amount of self-control that periodically needs to be re-charged
What is Theory of Ego Depletion
Boosting yourself in a social environment to make your image appealing
What is Self-Promotion?
The time when self-concepts are most susceptible to change
What is a change in social settings
When one feels great about their self in general despite not feeling so good about their "academic self"
What is high global self-esteem
The two types of Explanatory Style
What are optimistic explanatory style and pessimistic explanatory style?
Working on this can make you become less vulnerable to the effects of ego depletion
Self-Regulation
Presenting yourself as weak and dependent to receive favors from others
What is Supplication?
When information processed in relation to the self is remembered better than non-related information
What is the self-reference effect
A renowned expert in the positive and negative aspects of self-esteem
Who is Roy Baumeister?
A self-distorting bias that occurs when we fail to recognize our own lack of skill in a given domain, when we miss recognizing the genuine skill enacted by others, and when we remain unaware of how inadequate we are when it comes to the ability in question
What is the Dunning-Kreuger Effect?
The three categories of self-defeating behaviors
What are deliberate self-destruction, tradeoffs, and counterproductive behaviors
These people want to make a favorable impression and try to tailor their actions accordingly
What are High Self-Monitors?