Question

Alexis imagines that the self she wants to be is a great athlete, well loved, and well educated. She also imagines the self she fears becoming: homeless, lonely, and unemployed. These visions BEST reflect the concept of:

A. reciprocal determinism.
B. possible selves.
C. the spotlight effect
D. the self-serving bias.

Answer 1

B. Possible selves

Step-by-step explanation:

Possible selves refers to how an individual or a person thinks about his or her potential and future. It discusses various components of cognitive sense to self, balancing between who the individual wants to be and who they are afraid of being. In this case, Alexis wants to be a great athlete, well loved, and well educated, but she balances that thought with what she's afraid of becoming which is homeless, lonely, and unemployed.

Answer 2

Possible selves

Step-by-step explanation:

Possible selves is a concept of an individual's personalized idea of his/her self in the future. It explains what one believes might become of him/her in the near future and the distal future, in other words, what is potentially possible in the future. . These believes and vision envisioning helps such individual in setting of goals and can also serve as a source of motivation. This motivation invariably helps to control the direction of such individual's future

Personal selves explains the dynamic aspect of an individual's personality and it highlights personalized fears, hopes, threats and goals.