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A teacher decides to give her students stickers every time they finish reading a book. After awhile she chooses not to give out any rewards for reading. She notices that the students are not motivated to read as much as before and don’t seem to be enjoying their reading time. This best illustrates what phenomenon?

A cultural focus on the self as interdependent and defined by the connectedness of people to one another is defined as ___________.

Which of the following would you do if you wanted to increase Jim’s self-awareness?

___________ refers to the force that drives us to complete a task or achieve a goal.

What piece of evidence from Gordon Gallup’s work on chimpanzees can be used to support the idea that the self’s relationship to others is important for the development of the self-concept?

A group that we consider ourselves to be a part of is known as:

We often think that our beliefs, appearance, and our internal states are obvious to other people. This is known as ____________.

Danny’s father rewards him with ten dollars every time he receives an A in a class. Danny works hard to get as many A’s as he can so that he can earn more money. In this example, Danny’s behavior would be considered:

Which of the following statements about self-schemas is FALSE?

__________ theory argues that we compare ourselves to others in different situations because there is no given standard against which to measure our abilities and opinions?