PSYC 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Confirmation Bias, Mental Representation, Cognitive Dissonance
5 Feb 2017
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Chapter 10: the self concept and identity. Self-concept: defining and creating the self: some aspects of self-definition are ascribed to us (gender) and others are gained through achievement and through acts of choice (career, friends, and values). This makes our quest to define and create the self a motivational struggle. These acts of choice and internalization of responsibility make the effort to relate the self to society a motivational struggle. The developing sense of agency makes the potential of the self a motivational struggle. Cognitive generalizations about the self that are domain specific and learned from past experiences: the earlier generalization of being shy is a self-schema. Being shy is domain specific (relationships with others) and learned from past experiences (in class, on the fieldtrip, the lunchroom) Motivational properties of self-schemas: consistent self: self-schemas direct behavior to confirm the self-view and to prevent episodes that might disconfirm that self-view.
