PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cognitive Dissonance, Self-Awareness, Collective Identity
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I am popular, a student, intelligent : americans, roles and memberships. ) am a father, a student, etc : australians, british, swedish, canadians, kenyans, cook islanders, malaysians, chinese, native americans, puerto ricans. Japanese: koreans, people who emphasize private self more than collective identity tend to be more individualistic, egocentric, separate, autonomous, self-contained, and independent, give higher priority to personal goals, defined by experiences and accomplishments. There are many ways in which people can differ. One may be self-awareness. earliest greatest thinkers saw this as the most important aspect of humanity. Once a person knows themselves, they can know all else in (cid:498)the unexamined life is a life not worth living(cid:499)(cid:523)socrates(cid:524) the the universe. )t"s this type of thinking that precipitated the individualistic culture of western society. (cid:498)know thyself(cid:499) temple of. Much of this practice has to do with self-awareness. This has coincided with the scientific and research interest in mindfulness/yoga.
