Self Concept
traits, states, and attitudes that help answer the question..."Who am I?"
What is psychological self descriptions?
The process of looking inward to examine your own thoughts, feelings, and motives.
What is introspection?
The goal of experimental research.
What is causality?
Our tendency to blame the wrong thing for our physiological arousal.
What is misattribution error?
The number of times Andre 3000 apologizes to Ms. Jackson in the song "Ms. Jackson"
What is a trillion times?
A test used to determine if an individual or animal has a sense of self.
What is the dot test?
if-then plans about where, when, and how to fulfill a goal.
What are implementation intentions?
The variable that is manipulated in a study.
What is independent variable?
When we want accurate self-knowledge, we compare to similar others
What is lateral comparison?
The highest grossing movie of all time.
What is Avatar?
One possible self that is the idea of who we want to be in the future.
What is ideal self?
rewarded for completing task, regardless of how well they do it.
What are task-contingent awards?
can cause participants to be biased or untruthful due to social costs.
What is social desirability?
When we want to motivate change, we compare to people better than us.
What is upward comparison?
The movie Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth met on the set of.
What is "The Last Song?"
The idea that individuals that are highly complex can cope better with negative things because they have more positive traits to bounce off of.
What is buffering hypothesis?
Tendency to view behavior as extrinsically motivated & underestimate intrinsic reasons
What is overjustification effect?
A statistic that assesses the relationship between two variables and can range from +1.0 to -1.0
when we want to feel good, we compare to people worse off than us.
What is downward comparison?
The oldest Kardashian sister.
Who is Kourtney?
we infer our attitudes by observing our own behaviors.
What is self-perception?
An issue with correlational research that describes the fact that we can not be sure if variable A is causing variable B, or if variable B is causing variable A.
What is the direction problem?
We learn about our own abilities by comparing ourselves to other people.
What is social comparison theory?
The name of the kingdom where "Frozen" is set.
What is Arendelle?