PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Terror Management Theory, Delayed Gratification, Narcissism
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The self is the core of personality, the organizer and reservoir of our thoughts, feelings, actions, choices, and attitudes. The self is an extension of personality. It is the consciously aware (and self-aware) part of our personality. Not just the identity but our thoughts ad feelings about that identity (how you feel about how other people perceive you) Self & identity are a little different; the definitions are hazy though. Self-concept is sometimes used as a synonym for the self. Experiment: students put on barry manilow t-shirts before entering a room with other students (in cornell university) Result: the students thought others would notice the t-shirt when this was not the case. Thought 50% would notice, only 23% did. The spotlight effect assuming that people have attention focused on you when they actually may not be noticing you. 2 phenomenon that involve the self both very important.
