PSYC 473 Lecture Notes - Brown Bread, Stanford Prison Experiment, Self-Perception Theory
21 Feb 2013
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Remarkable, there is variability in terms of how we see ourselves, but at the same time the extent to which we develop self-concepts that are shaped by our culture. Things we have been exposed to, how that has been internalized. How do you go about building that self-concept. Exemplars examples of ourselves in different situations lump exemplar information together, get a sense of different aspects of our self that way. Social cognition and concepts- most of us think of associative networks (self-concept) Organized associative network in terms of james 3 selves: Private self-traits, experiences organized in certain ways: certain values may be related to traits of you. Associative network: some things are linked more strongly than others. This approach was formulated early on in terms of a dynamic self depends on various relationships and contexts. Not a static list, but information from many inputs, dynamic or varying sense of self better way of representing yourself.
