PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Psych, Gordon Allport, Caudate Nucleus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Self knowledge self knowledge comes from: self comparison, feedback form others self as a blank slate, not exactly true o. Accuracy of self knowledge is it possible to have accurate understanding of self knowledge: yes, autobiography writers, you say to people you don"t know me because oyu know yourself more than others (self concept is the most complete form of knowledge imaginable, no, psychoanalysts (self concept is very hard to obtain) Self esteem self esteem is a sense of personal worth there are two roots to self esteem: social feedback, direct experience of effiency (first year study habits compared to 4th year study habits) is self esteem stable or fluctuate, empirical studies show that self esteem is stable. Culture imposes a set of values: culture shapes our experiences, in some cultures i would be considered normal , ecology shapes cultures, you have to be courages, certain values live in a community, ecology culture social behavior.