PSY 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Prosocial Behavior, Collectivism, Ingroups And Outgroups
15 Mar 2017
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Not a type of psychopathology what we"ve seen so far: All (cid:498)shapes and sizes(cid:499) psychologically (cid:523)especially recently(cid:524) today"s answer: Complete the following statement 10 times: not root causes: (cid:498)) am _________. (cid:499) self: person"s being that distinguishes them from others self-concept: one"s understanding of the self (cid:523)constructed from self-beliefs, responses of others) Lecture outline #14: the self & personal significance (part 1) Situational factors (e. g. poverty, political oppression, poor education) = contributing factors, but. Kruglanski et al. (2016): terrorism a (self) love story. Self-love (amour propre) vs. love of self (amour de soi-meme) self-love: A need to (cid:498)count(cid:499), to (cid:498)be someone(cid:499) Being (cid:498)good(cid:499) by society"s definition love of self: All about self-preservation, security, survival, comfort, pleasure. Terrorism driven by quest for personal significance: quest for personal significance = self-love. 2 conceptions of self can be at odds with each other: self-love can cause people to make personal sacrifices for collective causes (or vice versa eschewing collective cause for own well-being)
