Chapter 5

Across

2. A form of identity characterized by the qualities and attributes that distinguish oneself from others.
4. The cognitive representations of who one is, that is, the ideas or images that one has about oneself, especially in relation to others, and how and why one behaves. The sum of one’s idea about oneself, including physical, mental, historical, and relational aspects, as well as capacities to learn and perform. Self-concept is usually considered central to personal identity and changes over time. It is usually considered partially conscious and partially unconscious or inferred in a given situation.
5. denial When an individual is not recognized as a member of a group with which they identify.
6. Self-enhancement that is achieved through the giving and receiving of compliments between partners in close relationships.
8. Individuals’ psychological membership in a distinct racial group.
9. A theory that suggests that because humans have unique cognitive abilities, they are the only animals that are aware of the fact that we will die eventually, and we are afraid, terrified in fact, of that inevitable death. Because inevitable death is terrifying to us, we create psychological phenomena as a buffer against the terror of dying.
11. Individuals’ psychological membership in a distinct ethnic group.
12. A form of identity that refers to our qualities of ourselves in relation to others.
13. This refers to individuals’ psychological membership in a distinct culture.
14. Cognitive and affective evaluations people make about themselves.

Down

1. A collection of psychological processes by which individuals maintain or enhance their self-esteem.
3. The tendency to downplay one’s virtues.
7. The idea that people of different cultures all self-enhance, but choose to do it in different ways (i.e., tactically).
10. A form of identity that refers to our recognition that we belong to social categories, such as occupation, religion, or culture.