PSY 254 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Comparison Theory, Gender Identity, Trait Theory
24 Oct 2016
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Can be the object of its own attention. Most of our understanding of the world is filtered through our understanding of our self. A symbol using social individual who can reflect upon behavior. Necessary for regulating our own behavior and anticipating the actions of others. How we process & evaluate self-relevant info; how we self-present. Psychological state in which you take yourself as an object of attention. Public- physical appearance, does this person like me?, how you come across to others, social standards, being watched, cameras. The habitual tendency to engage in self-awareness- a personality trait. Public- tendency to be aware of the publicly displayed self-aspect. Private- tendency to be aware of private aspect of the self-aspects. Generalized knowledge about a situation, event, person, built up from experience. Helps us to predict and cope; enrich our understanding of the world. Integrates set of memories, beliefs, and generalizations about ones own behaviors in a specific domain.
