PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Counterfactual Thinking, Extraversion And Introversion, Caveman
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Psyb10 lecture 2 september 21 2015: william james the social self. What is the self: there are different selves with different characteristics that exist differently. The individual self beliefs about our personal traits, abilities, preferences, tastes and talents and so on. Relational self about ourselves in specific relationships: who you are as a daughter vs a girlfriend. Collective self our beliefs about our identities as members of social groups in which we belong: situationalism - aspects of the self may change depending on the situation, distinctiveness. If you"re in a fourth year class and you"re a second year, your age defines you makes you unique: social context. Sense of self changes depending one who you"re interacting with: talking to a cop vs talking to your friend. Independent view of self: self as a distinct, autonomous entity, More prominent in north america and western european. Men usually elude to this: more into their internal responses.
