PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Learned Helplessness, Ego Depletion, Narcissism
22 Feb 2013
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Self-concept who am i: collection of beliefs about who you are. Likes/dislikes: love animals, hate crowds, big hockey fan. Wishes/hopes: future psych phd, hope to become smarter. Social identities and roles: asian, twin sister, feminist. The self a western construction: self-concept, self-esteem, self-knowledge, social self. Independent view of self vs. interdependent view of self. Culture & self-concept stability: study design (perfect correlation = +1) Researchers found: white students, regardless of who/where, there was a high degree of overlap correlation were close, whereas asians were more independent (less correlation in relationships contexts, higher correlation in situational) Introspection: process whereby we look inward and examine our own thoughts, feeling, and motives, we assume we have direct access to our mental states while experience them, but we do not. Reporting influence of invalid factors: how often do we ponder ourselves, overlooking influences on behaviour. Task participants watched a film about jewish poverty and then rated it on interest, sympathy, etc.
