PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Brain Damage, Social Desirability Bias, Phineas Gage
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Self awareness: the sum of all that a person calls their own, darwin first observed imitation as self awareness, the mirror recognition test, alternatively, the mark test. Subjective ideas become meaningful: upward versus downward, wide: four factors relevant to out subjective processing of what is around us, personal identity plus social identity. Social identity theory: regional, cultural, independent / interdependent. Self-scheme theory: blueprint - a cognitive and memory structure for organizing the world. Self perception theory: who am i, answered by own behaviors. Inner thoughts and choices not always available: defense mechanisms. Self perception is similar to perceiving others: how others perceive us is unincorporated. Ideal: ought, a discrepancy results in negative emotions, actual ideal - dejection, actual ought - agitation. Self-expansion theory: basic motivation to grow and improve, bonding incorporates their strengths, resources, and knowledge. Inclusion of other in self scale: we use impression management to get what we want, brain damage can limit self presentation ability.
