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Why did the English teachers praise to his Japanese students fail to motivate/inspire them?
What is Japanese culture dictates that being praised suggests that he or she is now "good enough".
100
Even during times in which our relative standing compared to others is clear, on average, we still hold an unrealistic self-serving bias. True or false?
What is false
100
What is external attribution?
What is To attribute the cause of your poor performance to something outside ourselves.
100
What is predestination?
What is An early Protestant sect belief that even before birth, a person had been predetermined as either spiritually "saved" or "damned" and nothing could be done during their mortal lives to change that predetermination.
100
What is a "calling" and who promoted the idea?
What is The belief that each person has a unique, God-given purpose to fulfill during their mortal existence. Proposed by Martin Luther.
200
What is self-enhancement?
What is The motivation to view oneself positively.
200
What is downward social comparison?
What is Where one compares their performance with another who is doing worse.
200
What is internal attribution?
What is To attribute your poor performance to something within ourselves.
200
What is "face"?
What is The amount of social value others give you if you live up to the standards associated with your position.
200
For the average American, hard-work and salvation are linked. True or false?
What is true
300
What percentage of European-Canadians had self-esteem scores that were above the average?
What is 93%
300
What is upward social comparison?
What is Where one compares their performance with another who is doing better.
300
What does it mean to "Bask in the reflected glory"?
What is To emphasize the success of a group to which you belong regardless of your performance or actions.
300
What is prevention orientation and promotion orientation?
What is Prevention orientation is a defensive, cautious approach to losing something whereas promotion orientation focuses on advancing oneself and aspiring for gains.
400
What is a self-serving bias?
What is The tendency for people to exaggerate how good they are.
400
What is compensatory self-enhancement?
What is Where you acknowledge your poor performance but then begin to think about what you do well in order to compensate
400
What does W.E.I.R.D. stand for?
What is Westernized, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic
400
What is the self-improvement motivation?
What is A desire to seek out potential weakness and work to correct them.
400
In the book, which two groups were compared and studied to test Learned Helplessness?
What is East and West Beliners
500
What group was tested on self-serving bias by Dr. Cross in 1977?
What is American college professors.
500
What is discounting?
What is To reduce the perceived importance of your poor performance or the domain in which it took place.
500
Describe the conclusion reached from the positive self-view experiment conducted on Mexican-American and European-American preschool and elementary schoolchildren.
What is The more collective culture (Mexican American) positively viewed themselves at a lower percentage (82%) than the individualistic European-Americans did (92%). This showed that, even at a young age, there is evidence of cultural variation in positive self-views.
500
Who (name) maintained that a particular set of cultural meanings, associated with the Protestant Reformation, allowed for the birth of Capitalism?
What is Max Weber
500
What are primary control experiences?
What is When people try to influence the people and objects around them.