CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Role Theory, Railways Act 1921, Psychopathy
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Basic focuses on fundamental questions about people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Looking-glass self: individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them. Self-schematic focus on traits important to them. Participants fed adjectives and asked to identify them as independent or dependent. Those that were self-schematic on these variables more quickly identified words associated with their schema. In addition, some would quickly be able to recall experiences that demonstrated their schema. Recognition of the complexity of the self and how it is beneficial to one"s own health and well-being to have multiple self-identities. The extent to which self-schemas are clearly defined, consistent with each other and stable over time. The recognition of the self regardless of changes that may be made e. g. infants have a red spot on their nose and put in front of a mirror. Focus of people"s awareness of discrepancies between the actual self and their perceived and ought selves.
