Social Psychology Chapter 3: The Social Self Heinzen/Goodfriend

Collective Self Esteem - Individuals' evaluation of the worth of the social groups of which they are apart of Conspicious Consumption - publicly displaying expensive products in an attempt to impress Entitlement - When someone takes credit for positive events they weren't apart of Independent Self-Construal - When someone's ideal self is based largely on internal personal qualities Interdependent Self-Construal - When someone's ideal self is based largely on social qualities Mirror Self-Recognition Test - "Rouge Test" Narcissism - Excessive self love based on unwarranted belief Opinion Conformity - Where people endorse the opinion of others to increase social influence Optimal Margin Theory - a slight to moderate range of healthy distortions of reality improves well being Other-Enhancement - Impression management tactic where people compliment another to gain social influence Positive illusions - beliefs that depart us from reality in ways that help us to remain optimistic Schema - a cognitive memory structure Self Concept - The personal summary of who we believe we are Self Enhancements - when people imply that their accomplishments are more significant than they a