Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Binge Eating, University Of Western Ontario, Deindividuation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

There are three things that are extremely hard: steel, diamond, and to know one"s self . Part 1: the self-concept (1) large set of attributes that are linked together: Preferences (likes/dislikes) and values (2) many different selves (roles) (dependent on who i"m with) Ought > future potential things that are convincing. Ideal > people/someone i want to be. P. 169/170 > discrepancies between ideal/ought self and actual self. Our behaviour: we are what we do. Most of us think the opposite (we do what we are) Self perception theory (bem: basic idea: when internal cues are weak or ambiguous, we came to know who we are by observing our behaviour and the circumstances in which the behaviour occurs . We use our behaviour and circumstances to de ne who we are only when we"re not sure/not con dent of who we are. September 28, 2015: the effects of external rewards on self-perceptions.