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What does an individualist approach focus on? Yourself or a group?
Yourself
Tendency to perceive oneself favorably (page 5)
Self-Serving Bias
This is the idea that we compare ourselves with others and consider how we differ (page 3)
Social Comparisons
What is a Collectivist approach mean?
A focus on relationships and groups over self
Self-serving bias is a by-product of how we process and remember ___________ about ourselves (page 5)
Information
Belief that others are paying more attention to one’s appearance and behavior than they really are
Spotlight Effect
Self serving bias may be adaptive which protects people from ________________. (Page5)
Depression
Mental templates by which we organize our worlds
Schemas
Can we all be better than _________________? (page 5)
Average
Concept of giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications (page 3)
Individualism
Adaptive value of anticipating problems and harnessing one’s anxiety to motivate effective action (page 5)
False Consensus Effect
How we think others perceive us as a mirror for perceiving ourselves (page 3)
Looking-glass self
Giving priority to the goals of one’s group and defining one’s identity accordingly (page3)
Collectivism
Our __________________ experiences cause us to have empowerment or low self-esteem.
Experiences
Tendency to underestimate the commonality of one’s abilities and one’s desirable or successful behaviors (page 5)
False Uniqueness Effect
Tendency to underestimate how long it will take to complete a task
Planning Fallacy
Illusion that our concealed emotions leak out and can be easily read by others
Illusion of Transparency
Adaptive value of anticipating problems and harnessing one’s anxiety to motivate effective action (page 5)
Defensive Pessimism
Tendency to perceive oneself favorably
Self-serving Attributions
In collectivist cultures, ______________ will always take place between groups (page 4)
Conflict
In an individualistic culture, conflict takes place between ____________________, causing things likes crime and divorce (bottom of page 4)
Individuals
Maladaptive Self-Serving Bias is a ______________ serving bias (page 5).
Group
Illusory optimism increases our vulnerability (page 5)
Unrealistic Optimism
Explain ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO
ID - Primal feelings
Ego - Balances ID and SUPEREGO for decision on what to do
Superego - Follow rules and expectations
Tell me 3 factors that shape how we see our selves (middle of page 2
Roles we play
Social identities we form
Comparisons we make with others
How other people judge us
Surrounding culture