Ch. 6 Quiz

Sports fans tend to attribute their team's victories to ______ factors and their losses to ______ factors.

dispositional, situational

The phenomenon in which the most current experiences and impressions govern the formation of a person schema is called the ______.

recency effect

Which of the following theorists did NOT view the self as a central architect or guiding principle of personality?

B. F. Skinner

Social roles and masks ______.

are typically genuine efforts to meet the requirements of a situation

Adolescents from ethnic minority groups are often faced with sorting through ______ of cultural values.

at least two sets

Erik Erikson believed that ______ important to a woman's identity.

development of interpersonal relationships was most

According to your text, parents of boys with low self-esteem were likely to be ______.

generally lenient, but harsh when they did decide to discipline their sons

The person you think you ought to be is known as your ______ self.

ideal

Which of the following is NOT one of the four identity statuses identified by Marcia?

identity crisis

Carl believes the same religious beliefs as his parents and generally "follows the crowd" without seriously questioning his personal attitudes or course of action. He is best described as being in the identity status of ______.

identity foreclosure

People in the identity status of ______ tend to carefully evaluate their values, attitudes, feelings, and the possibilities that are open to them.

identity moratorium

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways recommended by your text for raising your self-esteem?

increase the standards of your ideal self

Today ______ mothers (overall) are in the labor force, ______ mothers of preschool children.

most; including most

In Bulgaria, people shake their heads up and down to signal ______.

no

According to your text, ______ experiences an identity crisis; ______ develops a commitment to a life role.

not everyone, not everyone

The part of a person's self that is visible to that person and to that person alone and represents the person's inner identity is called the ______.

personal self

In comparing prejudice with discrimination, one must remember that ______.

prejudice is an attitude whereas discrimination is a form of behavior

Each of the following is recommended in the text as a way of better managing first impressions EXCEPT ______.

relax and don't think about the first impression you are making on others

Jim believes that all people who do not follow his religion are depraved sinners who will never go to heaven. His belief about religion is an example of a(n) ______.

schema

The set of beliefs, feelings, and generalizations we have about ourselves is a(n) ______ schema.

self-

Your self-approval, or self-respect, is your ______.

self-esteem

According to the text, the ______ refers to the various masks we wear or roles we play.

social self

Ethics refer to ______.

standards of behavior

When we work in groups with others with whom we are not friends we tend to ______ credit for the group's success, and ______.

take; blame others in the group for the group's failures

Which of the following is NOT discussed in your text as one of the parts of the self?

the psychological self