PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Spreading Activation, Kim Kardashian, Fraternities And Sororities
30 Sep 2015
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Other animals don"t spend as much time thinking about ourselves in comparison. The ability to be self aware in humans is one of the main driving aspects of the human mind. Self-knowledge: who am i? : how do we construe ourselves. Self-evaluation: how good/bad am i? : how are we doing; are we worthy; do we have flaws. Self-regulation: control of behavior: how do we force ourselves to study for an exam; involve thinking about ourselves and our behavior, doing something about it. We can turn our attention from everything else back onto ourselves. We can reflect on ourselves much like looking in a mirror. Exposed chimpanzees to a mirror for ten days. The chimp thought it was looking at another chimpanzee. Children over 18 months can also pass the rouge test; this is the first step in forming the idea of your existence; to build more complex ideas about yourself.
