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| self-knowledge (self-concept) |
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| the sets of beliefs about oneself |
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| interpersonal self (public self) |
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| the image of the self that is conveyed to others |
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| agent self (executive function) |
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| the part of the self involved in control, including both control over other people and self-control |
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| a person's inner thoughts and feelings |
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| the way a person acts in public, especially in official roles |
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| independent self-construal |
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| a self-concept that emphasizes what makes the self different and sets it apart from others |
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| interdependent self-construal |
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| a self-concept that emphasizes what connects the self to other people and groups |
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| the different roles a person plays, as in a play or a movie |
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| attention directed at the self |
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| looking inward on the private aspects of the self, including emotions, thoughts, desires, and traits |
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| ideas (concepts) of how things might possibly be |
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| the process people use to control and change their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors |
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| public self-consciousness |
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| thinking about how others perceive you |
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| the idea that people learn about themselves by imagining how they appear to others |
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| the idea that other people tell you who and what you are |
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| the process by which a person examines the contents of his or her mind and mental states |
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| examining the difference between oneself and another person |
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| comparing yourself to people better than you |
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| downward social comparison |
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| comparing yourself to people worse off than you |
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| the theory that people observe their own behavior to infer what they are thinking and how they are feeling |
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| wanting to perform an activity for its own sake |
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| performing an activity because of something that results from it |
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| the tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associated with rewards |
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| phenomenal self (working self-concept) |
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| the image of self that is currently active in the person's thoughts |
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| the simple desire to learn the truth about oneself, whatever it is |
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| the desire to learn favorable or flattering things about the self |
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| a desire to get feedback that confirms what the person already believes about himself or herself |
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| response by the automatic system that "everything good is me, and everything bad is not me" |
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| putting obstacles in the way of one's own performance so that anticipated or possible failure can be blamed on the obstacle instead of on lack of ability |
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| information bearing on the self is processed more thoroughly and more deeply, and hence remembered better, than other information |
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| items gain in value to the person who owns them |
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| how favorable someone evaluates himself or herself |
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| trying to avoid loss of esteem |
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| self-deception strategies |
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| mental tricks people use to help themselves believe things that are false |
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| a pattern in which people claim credit for success but deny blame for failure |
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| a measure of how desirable one would be to other people |
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| excessive self-love and a selfish orientation |
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| any behavior that seeks to convey some image of self or some information about the self to other people |
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| looking outward on the public aspects of the self that others can see and evaluate |
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