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| Self-Knowledge (Self-Concept) |
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| Information about self; self-awareness; self-esteem; self-deception |
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| Interpersonal Self (Public Self) |
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| Self-presentation; member of groups; relationship partner; social roles; reputation |
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| Agent Self (Executive Function) |
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| Decision making; self-control; taking charge of situations; active responding |
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| Is there really a "true" inner self? |
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| Not really, shouldn't how you act represent your true self? This can root from prejudices or disagreements that are out of your control (such as change in social class). |
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| Independent Self-Construal |
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| a self concept that emphasizes what makes the self different and sets it apart from others |
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| Interdependent Self-Construal |
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| a self-concept that ephasizes what connects self to other people and groups |
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| the different roles a person plays in society, as in a play or a movie |
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| What is private vs. public self-awareness? |
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- Private: looking inward on the private aspects of the self, including emotions, thoughts, desires and traits
- Public: looking outward on the public aspects of the self that others can see and evaluate
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| ideas (concepts) of how things possibly might be |
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| the process people use to control and change their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Self-awareness is required for this to happen |
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| The Looking-Glass Self and three parts |
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The idea that people learn about themselves by imagining how they appear to others (Charles Horton Cooley).
- You imagine how you appear to others
- You imagine how others will judge you
- You develop an emotional response
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| George Herbert Mead. A combination of other peoples views that tells you who and what you are. |
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| The process by which a person examines the contents of his or her mind and mental states. A person has "priveleged access" to their own mind and feelings. |
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| Examining the difference between oneself and another person |
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| Upward vs. Downward Social Comparison |
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- Upward: involving people better than you which can inspire you to do better to reach their level
- Downward: against people worse than yourself to make you feel good about yourself asshole
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| The theory tht people observe their own behavior to infer what they are thinking and how they are feeling |
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| Wanting to perform an activity for its own sake |
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| Performing an activity because of something that results from it. |
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| The tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associate with awards |
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| Phenomenal Self (Working-Self Concept) |
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| The image of self that is currently active in the person's thoughts. You are usually only aware of a small part of all the information you have about yourself at one time. |
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| What are three reasons people seek self-knowledge? |
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- Appraisal Motive: the simple desire to learn the truth about oneself
- Self-Enhancement Motive: the desire to learn favorable or flattering things about the self
- Consistency Motive: a desire to get feedback that confirms what the person already believes about the self
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| Putting obstacles in the way of one's own performance so that anticipated or possible failure can be blamed on the obstacle instead of lack of ability. Basically messing yourself up on purpose so you can't be blamed. |
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| Response by the automatic system that "everything good is me, everything bad is not me." Emerges under times of stress. |
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| The finding that information bearing on the self is processed more thoroughly and more deeply, and hence remembered better, than other information. |
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| The finding that items gain in value to the person who owns them. |
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| Changing self-knowledge and the looking glass self. |
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Does changing self-knowledge mean you change what you think about yoruself and then your actions follow suit, or the opposite order?
Changing social groups can change how you see yourself through your looking-glass self. |
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| How favorable someone evaluates themself |
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| Trying to avoid loss of self-esteem |
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| Shellye Taylor and Jonathon Brown's three positive illusions |
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- People overestimate their good qualities
- People overestimate their perceived control over events.
- People are unrealistically optimistic.
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| Self-Deception Strategies |
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| Mental tricks people use to help them believe things that are false. |
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| A patter in which people claim credit for success but deny blame for failure |
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| A measure of how desirable one would be to other people. |
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| Excessive self-love and selfish orientation |
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| Any behavior that seeks to convey some image of self or some information about the self to other people |
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