PSYD30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Egosyntonic And Egodystonic
Document Summary
Knowledge of one"s particular mental states includes one"s beliefs, desired and sensation, capabilities, characters, motivations: main concern: lack of self-knowledge. Motivational limits to self-knowledge: motivational factors: are used to ignore unwanted thoughts; repression and suppression. Implicit vs. explicit self-esteem: implicit self-esteem is generally viewed as evaluation of self that occurs unintentionally and without awareness, introspection: reveals the contents of consciousness, such as at least some. Self-other knowledge: internal traits traits defined primarily by thoughts and feelings, such as being anxious or optimistic, external traits traits defined primarily by overt behavior, such as being boisterous or charming. Blind spot: denotes personality characteristics that people are not aware of, but that are consensually attributed by them to others. Self-knowledge and pathology: self-other agreement, ego-syntonic: meaning with personality pathology believe their pathological characteristics are acceptable and they may not describe them in negative way. Well-adjusted individuals are seen with greater self-other agreement by their close peers and trained observers.
