Psychology 2550A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Self-Awareness, David Buss, Semantic Differential

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: paunonem

Document Summary

Phenomenology = to appear in greek (study of consciousness and self-awareness. Conscious awareness of one"s environment: the way a person interprets reality. Carl rogers and george kelly are the prominent theorists. Distinction must be made between: objective reality ( exists, can be measured) and subjective reality (personal interpretation) Self-concept: the way a person sees him or herself and determined by: Objective reality + subjective reality = phenomenal field. Ideal self: the self that you would like to be. Self-acceptance: distance btn self-concept and ideal-self (close they are, better you are) Ideal self and self-acceptance are in contrast with self-esteem. Subject talk about self and experimenter transcripts descriptive statements into categories, then analyzed the content: adjective checklist. Series of adjectives presented, the subject must pick those that apply to self. Cannot compare different people on the same attribute: semantic differential. To measure self-acceptance: administrated the test twice, one for the self-concept another one for the ideal concept!