INSTRUCTIONS for Questions 148-152: Match Each Description Below with the Most

question 32

Multiple Choice

INSTRUCTIONS for questions 148-152: Match each description below with the most accurate term.
-The tendency to cling to an existing self-concept.

• A)reflected appraisal
• B)significant other
• C)cognitive conservatism
• D)presenting self
• E)perceived self

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Definitions:

Narcissism

A personality trait characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a need for excessive admiration, and a lack of empathy for others.

Affiliation

The need or drive to create and maintain social relationships with others.

Autonomy

The capacity and freedom to make one's own choices and decisions, independent of external control or influence.

Ostracism

The exclusion or rejection of an individual or group by wider society or a specific group, which can have significant psychological impacts.