PSYC35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Observability, Group Dynamics, Personality Disorder
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Methods that are used and results + prac:cal implica:ons studies address. Meanings aeached to a person by self and others that are based on personal characteris:cs. Is it always to people"s advantage to try to analyze themselves? and on people"s social roles and membership in various groups. Person can have mul:ple selves stemming from a variety of iden::es (self-pluralism) Self we aspire, self we"d like to be. What experiences you have and how you deal with them (di erent situa:ons) De ni:on: accurate self-percep:ons about how one typically thinks, feels, and behaves, and awareness of how those paeerns are interpreted by others (p. 606) Importance is stressed by many religions and philosophical schools of thought. Researchers examine: validity of self-assessment, process and outcome of self-percep:on, how people construct a coherent narra:ve of their own self. Extent to which other people know us be. er than we know ourselves. Is relevant to fundamental human capaci:es such as self-regula:on and decision making.