RMG 302 Lecture : Self/Personality
17 May 2011
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Self-concept beliefs a person holds about their attributes and how they evaluate these qualities. Self-esteem positivity of the attitude towards yourself. Impression management working hard to manage what others think of us. Symbolic i nteractionism other people play a large part in forming the self. Looking glass self imagining the reactions of others towards us. Symbolic self-completion theory people who have an incomplete self-definition tend to complete this identity by acquiring and displaying symbols associated with it. Self-image congruence models products will be chosen when their attributes match some aspect of the self. Extended self i tems that are part of oneself. 1: family level house & furnishings, community level, group level social groups. Communal goals affiliation and fostering harmonious relations. Androgyny possession of both masculine and feminine traits. Sexual dimorphic markers aspect of the body that distinguish the sexes from one another. Sex-typed t raits characteristics we stereotypically associate with one gender or the other.
