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Question 61

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D'Brickashaw is the only man and the only African American enrolled in a women's studies seminar.McGuire's work on spontaneous self-descriptions suggests that compared to other contexts,in this specific situation,D'Brickashaw will be more likely to______________mention his______________in his self-description.

A) race,but not gender
B) gender,but not race
C) race as well as gender
D) distinctive name

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Research indicates that people with high self-esteem tend to seek out partners who view them positively.Such a finding is an example of

A) self-verification but not self-enhancement.
B) self-enhancement but not self-verification.
C) both self-verification and self-enhancement.
D) neither self-verification nor self-enhancement.

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Dara loves to paint in her spare time.Painting is an enjoyable activity for her,and she requires no reward from anyone else to make beautiful pictures.Her desire to paint may best be explained by

Describe self-discrepancy theory,and explain how it accounts for certain emotional reactions.Also explain the role of self-awareness in these reactions.

Self-esteem is all of the following except

Jasper is feeling guilty and ashamed because he did not help his mother paint the house.Jasper is most likely suffering from a discrepancy between what two aspects of the self?

According to Festinger,social comparison is less likely to occur

Compared to high self-monitors,low self-monitors are more likely to

After her college's football team wins the national championship,Liz starts yelling out "We won,we won" at the______________ party she is attending.Her friends all join in,and soon they start changing "We're number one! We're number one!" The enthusiastic fans seemingly fail to realize that they did not actually accomplish anything except watching others win a game.This increase in self-esteem that occurs by associating with others who succeed is called

The two-factor theory of emotion proposes that emotional experience

During a discussion with some friends just prior to a school election,Sandra states that she is certain she will be devastated for months if she isn't elected class president.This is an example of

People's recollection of a sequence of events that directly touched their lives is called

Following a mass shooting event,most people are confronted with the reality that their safety cannot be guaranteed,and that their own death at any moment is quite possible.According to terror management theory,which individual below will feel the least anxious in response to this sort of confrontation?

Jomei feels that he cannot be happy if his family is not happy.Jomei has an______________view of self.

Schachter (1959) found that participants expecting to receive painful electric shocks preferred the company of others who were in the same situation.These results suggest that

Yulia stands in front of a mirror.She notices a red spot on the forehead of the image she sees in the mirror.She then brings her hand up to her own forehead and touches the red spot,trying to brush it off.Yulia is demonstrating

Alex changes his behavior in response to self-presentation concerns and various situations,and thus,he is exhibiting______________ a high level of

Higgins's (1989) self-discrepancy theory suggests that we each have an "actual self," an "ought self," and an "ideal self." According to Higgins,discrepancies between the______________self and the actual self often lead to low self-esteem and feelings of______________.

On his first day of class,Professor Saccamano thinks he is nervous because his blood pressure is up and his hands are shaking.He continues to feel this way,however,before every class meeting of the semester,and eventually realizes that his arousal is due to the five flights of stairs he must climb up to the classroom.Which theory best explains his misattribution?

The type of self-presentational strategy that describes acts motivated to establish one's competence is