PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Corvidae, Mirror Test, Junk Food
20 Dec 2018
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Your mental representation or overall sense of you . Moves from physical to psychological with maturation. Beliefs about aspects of your identity that organize the processing of information related to the self. Cocktail effect: being in a busy place, a lot of noise, but our name will pop into our perception. It works with anything that has relevance to us (our interests, hobbies, family members) Spotlight effect: we think people are paying more attention to us than they actually do. Anything that you finish the i am statement that could be a potential group. I am a female, a scientist, canadian, atheist. If you have low clarity = low self-esteem or depression (especially in women). Can also result to rumination, less reflection, and self-handicapping. People high in this have strong picture of who they are, what their morals are, what they want out of live. Associated with positive outcomes = high self-esteem.
