SOP 3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Learned Helplessness, Cultural Psychology, Collectivism
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Wednesday 10/02
The Self in a Social World
Who am I? The Self
● Self-concept: who am I?
● Self-knowledge: how can I explain and predict myself?
● Self-esteem: my sense of self-worth
● Social self: my role as a student, family member, and friend; my group identity
Self-concept: who am I?
● Self and culture
○ Individualism
○ Collectivism
○ Interdependent self
○ Cultural psychology
● Self-knowledge
○ Explaining our behaviour
○ Predicting our behaviour
○ Predicting our feelings
● Self-esteem: overall self-evaluation of self-worth
○ Self-esteem motivation
○ The “dark side” of self-esteem
Perceived self-control
● Self-efficacy (correlates with persistence) - they have a sense of internal locus of control
(they are doing well for their own merit)
● Locus of control (internal vs external)
● Learned helplessness versus self-determination
● The costs of excess choice
Self-serving bias
● Explaining positive and negative events
○ Can we all be better than average?
● Unrealistic optimism
● False consensus and uniqueness
● Explaining self-serving bias
● Reflections on self-esteem and self-serving bias
Friday 12.02
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