PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Surgency, Ingroups And Outgroups, Psych
20 Feb 2020
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Self-concept a person"s knowledge about him- or herself, including one"s own traits, social identities, and experiences ego, and that has become the most common term for the aspect of self that directs one"s actions. James noted that these two aspects of the self make it a unique topic to study: it is simultaneously doing the thinking, and it is what is being thought about. Culture shapes virtually all the ways that people describe themselves. Social identity theory the theory that people define and value themselves largely in terms of the social groups with which they identify. People define themselves largely in terms of the social groups with which they identify. Cultures differ in whether they promote an understanding of the self as an independent or an interdependent entity. Contrary to stereotypes women and men talk about the same (women not more talkative).
