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Self-Esteem

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Evaluations, or concepts of self-worth

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Personality

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Characteristic ways that you think and behave across a variety of situations

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Reflected Appraisal

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the fact that each of us develops a self-concept that reflects the way we believe others see us

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Significant Others

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people whose opinions we especially value

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Social Comparison

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evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare ourselves to with others

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Reference Groups

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groups against which we compare ourselves to shape our views of ourselves

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What are 2 characteristics of the self-concept?

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The self-concept is subjective

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Self-Concept

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The relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself

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COGNITIVE CONSERVITISM

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TO SEEK AND ATTEND TO INFORMATION THAT CONFORMS TO AN EXISTING SELF CONCEPT

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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person’s expectation of an event influence its outcome

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perceived self

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the person you expect yourself to be in moments of of honest self examination

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presenting self

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a public image- the way we want others to view us

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face

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presenting self