ECE1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ingroups And Outgroups, Social Influence, Deontological Ethics
18 Oct 2018
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Self-concept: the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself. Self-esteem: the part of self-concept that involves evaluations of self- worth. Self-control (self-regulation): your ability to change some part of you to meet a personal goal or social expectations. ( marshmellow experiment) Reflected appraisal: a person"s self-concept matches the way the person believes others see her/him: significant other: a person whose evaluations are especially influential. Social comparison: we evaluate ourselves by making comparisons to others: reference groups: people we use to evaluate our own characteristics. Individualistic culture: the primary responsibility of the individual is to help his/herself: collectivistic culture: the individual feels loyalties and obligations to an in-group. Characteristics of communicators with positive and negative self-esteem. Persons with positive self-esteem: are likely to think well of others, expect to be accepted by others, evaluate their own performance more favorably, perform well when being watched and are not afraid of the reactions of others.
