Key vocabulary and concepts

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Key Vocabulary for the psychology of the self

above average effect, downward social comparison, ego-depletion, implicit self-esteem, ingratiation, intergroup comparisons, intragroup comparisons, personal-versus-social identity continuum, possible selves, salience, self-construal, self-control, self-deprecating, self-esteem, self-evaluation maintenance model, self-promotion, self-verification perspective, social capital, social comparison theory, social identity theory, stereotype threat, upward social comparison