self in a social world

1. Name: Subject:
Date: Course:
I. TRUE or FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement if true and write FALSE if the statement is
false.
1. Self-efficacy is self-esteems’ conceited sister.
2. If you want to encourage someone, focus on their self-esteem, not their self-
efficacy.
3. The feedback “You’re special” is intended to build self-analysis.
4. An interdependent self is where a person construes their identity in relation to
others.
5. We are good predictors of what makes us happy.
II. Multiple choice. ENCRICLE the letter of the correct answer.
1) This is a person’s overall self-evaluation or sense of self-worth.
a. Self-esteem
b. Self-efficacy
c. Self-control
2) The extent to which people perceive outcomes as internally controllable by their own efforts or as
externally controlled by chance or outside forces.
a. Self-control
b. Locus of control
c. Perceived self-control
3) This refers to the sense of hopelessness and resignation learned when a human or animal perceives no
control over repeated bad events.
a. Self-schemas
b. Learned helplessness
c. Self-serving bias
4) This is the tendency to perceive oneself favorably.
a. Self-serving bias
b. Secure self-esteem
c. Self-esteem
5) This refers to the tendency to overestimate the commonality of one’s opinions and one’s undesirable or
unsuccessful behaviors.
a. False uniqueness effect
b. False consensus effect
c. Unrealistic optimism

2. 6) This refers to being attuned to the way one presents oneself in social situations and adjusting one’s
performance to create the desired impression.
a. Self-presentation
b. Self-monitoring
c. Self-esteem
7) This refers to people giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often one’s extended family or work
group) and defining one’s identity accordingly.
a. Interdependent self
b. Individualism
c. Collectivism
8) The four constituents of one’s self.
a. Self-concept, self-esteem, self-knowledge, social self
b. Self-concept, self-knowledge, social self, self-control
c. Social self, self-esteem, self-concept, self-schemas
9) Our self-concepts include not only our self-schemas about who we currently are but also who we might
become.
a. Self-attributes
b. Possible selves
c. Self-concepts
10) This is the belief that others are paying more attention to our appearance and behavior than they really
are.
a. Illusion of transparency
b. Affective forecasting
c. Spotlight effect