PSY 2080C Lecture 1: AP 3.17.15
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What outweighs the cognitive/knowledge is the idea of the self. Sense of self: how one conceptualizes one"s self. How high is my value/worth depending on how others value me. Changes over time as they get older usually. Most that enter therapy are between the ages of 20 35years old. Dynamics: rosenberg: fluctuating self v barometric self, real self versus ideal self, true self versus false self, self-consciousness and unconscious self, self-understanding and introspection. Negative self-esteem and its relationship to depression suicide.