PSYB10H3 Lecture : Social Psychology Lecture 2.docx
13 Apr 2012
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Self: awareness of own identity and who you are. Self awareness: humans show that they know that they are an individual. >an entity that is distinct and different from others and the environment. Minimal self: the most basic form of self-concept. Touch your arm, you feel that on both your hand and arm. When you touch the podium, you only feel your hand rubbing it (not how the podium feels being rubbed) Objectified self: ability to think about yourself as an object, reflect on one self. >have yourself serve as the object of your own attention/know you can serve as the object of someone else"s attention. Symbolic self: narrative self the ability to form an abstract mental representation of yourself that you can express through words. >know your diff from environment (minimal), can relflect on self (objectified self) but you can also talk about your history, and qualities about yourself.
