SOP- Chapter 2

belief that others are paying more attention to one’s appearance and behavior than they really are

Mental templates by which we organize our worlds

Concept of giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications

Giving priority to the goals of one’s group and defining one’s identity accordingly

In ______ cultures :
Self-concept is context-specific rather than
stable    

Conflict takes place between groups

In _____ cultures

Self-esteem is more personal and less relational
Conflict takes place between individuals       
Crime
Divorce

Automatic implicit attitudes regarding someone or something often differ from our consciously controlled, explicit attitudes

Our overall self-evaluation or sense of self-worth

Extent to which people perceive outcomes as  internally controllable by their own efforts and actions or as externally controlled by chance or outside forces

Hopelessness and resignation learned when a human or animal perceives no control over repeated bad events

Tendency to overestimate the commonality of one’s opinions and one’s undesirable or unsuccessful behaviors

Tendency to underestimate the commonality of one’s abilities and one’s desirable or successful behaviors

Which attitudes are more subject to situational changes?

People w/ _____self -esteem based on feeling good about who he/she is are more conducive to long-term well- being then self -esteem rooted in external factors.

_____ threats occur among friends whose successes can be more threatening than that of strangers