Module 06 · Course Summary

Key Terms关键术语：自我动机

Learning Objective 3: Explain the role that the self plays in processing self-relevant information. 学习目标 3：解释自我在处理自我相关信息中的作用。

Understanding the following key terms will help prepare you for the cumulative quiz:
理解以下关键术语将有助于您为综合测验做好准备：

Accuracy: a self-motive focused on seeking accurate information about the self.
准确性：关注寻求自我准确信息的自我动机。
Positive illusions: three categories of inaccurate beliefs people have that come from the tendency to self-enhance. They include when a person (a) believes they are better than they actually are, (b) expects more positive outcomes for themself than is rational, and (c) overestimates the amount of control they have over their outcomes.
积极错觉：人们由于自我提升的倾向而拥有的三种不准确信念。包括：（a）一个人认为自己比实际情况更好，（b）对自己期望比理性更多的积极结果，以及（c）高估自己对结果的掌控程度。
Self-enhancement: a self-motive focused on seeking positive information about the self as well as attempting to avoid, ignore, or counterargue negative information.
自我提升：关注寻求关于自身的积极信息，并试图避免、忽视或反驳消极信息的一种自我动机。
Self-verification: a self-motive focused on seeking a sense of stability and coherence in one’s understanding of the self. It causes people to seek out information that is consistent with their current self-concept.
自我验证：一种以寻求自我理解中的稳定性和连贯性为动机的自我驱动。它使人们寻求与当前自我概念一致的信息。