PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Positive Illusions, Hazel Rose Markus, Stroop Effect
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An individual consciousness of one s own identity; an identity that is unique from others. At the highest level, the self is your concept of who you are: feelings, observations, and thoughts play a role in our sense of identity. Awareness of the self as (being a distinct object) an entity that is distinct from others and the environment. Tested with the mark test (aka rouge test : an experimenter exposes participant (usually a child) to a mirror, child plays in front of the mirror and when not paying attention, experimenter puts a mark on child (nose/cheek) If the child touches own fact, know it s themselves with mark on face. If the child reaches for the mirror, think it s someone else with mark on face. Conscious experience of the self as distinct from the environment: all humans and animals have minimal self, occurs through double stimulation touching podium demo.