PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Comparison Theory, Egocentric Bias, Ingratiation
12 Oct 2018
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The self-concept: self-co(cid:374)(cid:272)ept: the (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t(cid:859) of the self o(cid:396) the k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge a(cid:271)out (cid:449)ho (cid:449)e a(cid:396)e, helps determine how individuals will behave. H tbd : asked to pick which letter arrangement they like better. It is related to mental health, academic performance, physical health, well-being, etc: high self-esteem denotes thinking well of oneself, can be the result of three things, 1. Healthy self-confidence: good at what they do and they know that, and feel good about it, 2. Exaggerated sense of self: feel that they are important, and everything revolves around them, 3. It is self-recorded: self-esteem scale (rosenberg, 1965) Is high self-esteem always beneficial: baumeister, heatherton & tice (1993, performance under ego threat, participants were asked to play a video game (they had to shoot a red dot with a button). The experimenter set a goal for them; hit the moving dot. Results: the self-affirmation exercise did prevent narcissists from behaving aggressively under ego threat.
