PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Self-Awareness, Hubris, System On A Chip
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Lecture 6 self awareness & self-consciousness: the situation & 2. Self awareness has diff levels - duality of self. Self concept: content of self, our knowledge about who we are. When ppl focus attention on self, they evaluate/compare behavior with internal standards & values -we become self-conscious more judgmental observers of self. Introspection: the process where people look inward & examine their own thoughts, feelings & motives we do this 8% We don"t think about self all the time; level of self awareness depends on: S. awareness is a psych state where we"re aware of own traits, feelings, behavior defined as realization of oneself as an individual entity. Begins when we"re infants not born with it; it develops; kids see self @ individual. Moves through stages: subjective self awareness, objective s. a & symbolic. S. a: subjective self-awareness 1st lvl of self; recog that self =/= obj in env, objective self awareness.
