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Question 1 1 / 1 pts A person from a(n) ________ culture is more likely to attribute their success to their own personal efforts

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Question 1

1 / 1 pts

A person from a(n) ________ culture is more likely to attribute their success to their own personal efforts.

  

egocentric

   

collectivistic

   

narcissistic

   

individualistic

 

Question 2

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The spotlight effect and the related illusion of transparency are two examples of the interplay between one's sense of ________ and one's social worlds.

  

self

  

morality

   

collectivism

   

social judgment

 

 

Question 3

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Identify a characteristic of collectivistic cultures.

  

Identity is social and defined by connections with others.

  

Collectivistic cultures approve of egotism.

   

The illustrative motto is "To thine own self be true."

  

Collectivistic cultures disapprove of conformity.

 

 

Question 4

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Melinda is assigned a task on Monday that needs to be completed by Friday. She decides to begin the task on Thursday as she estimates that the task will take her two days to complete, but the task will take her three days. This underestimation of how long it will take to complete a task is called:

  

spotlight effect.

   

impact bias.

   

self-handicapping.

   

planning fallacy.

 

Question 5

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In the context of attitudes about the self, which of the following attitudes represents one's consciously controlled attitudes regarding someone or something?

  

indirect

   

explicit

  

direct

   

implicit

 

 

Question 6

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According to sociologist Charles H. Cooley (1902), which of the following terms describes our use of how we think others perceive us as a mirror for perceiving ourselves?

  

self-assertion

   

looking-glass self

 

Self-Concept: Who Am I?

  

negative self-talk

   

self-efficacy

 

 

Question 7

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Compared with people in general, most people perceive themselves as:

  

less insightful than others.

   

less intelligent than others.

   

less prejudiced than others.

  

less attractive than others.

 

 

Question 8

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Our use of how we think others perceive us as a mirror for perceiving ourselves is described by sociologist Charles H. Cooley as:

  

the looking-glass self.

 

Self-Concept: Who Am I?

  

a self-fulfilling prophecy.

   

self-justification.

   

self-realization.

 

 

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

Laura, a researcher, studies Atharv's desire to present a favorable image of himself both to his friends and to himself. In this scenario, Laura studies a psychological phenomenon called:

  

self-efficacy.

   

self-presentation.

  

self-delusion.

   

self-handicapping.

 

 

Question 10

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Giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications is the definition of:

  

individualism.

  

collectivism.

   

communism.

   

socialism.