PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Self-Perception Theory, Blood Sugar, Takers
22 Feb 2018
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How is it that we form an idea of ourselves; it"s not all bottom-up; self construal requires construal; it"s not a given; just like the way we make sense of social events. Self narrative (requires some selectivity; top down process) Easy to observe physical traits, such as hair color. How important are relationships to you; core attitudes. To the extent that internal cues are weak or ambiguous, we infer our own internal states much as we infer those of others. How we come to draw conclusions of ourselves. We infer these internal states; we don"t know them directly; can"t just close our eyes and say, i am deeply committed to the environment; it"s ambiguous. If we want to know my friend is an environmentalist, we make inferences by observing their behavior and circumstances; we infer ourselves as much as we infer ourselves. We make inferences by observing our behavior and the circumstances. That may help judge attitude and draw inferences.
