PSYB30H3 Chapter 5: Personality - Chapter 5.doc
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On tst (twenty statements test) ppl first listed things in terms of their social groups or categories that they belong, (like student and girl) then later got into more idiosyncratic traits like happy and bored . Kuhn and mcpartland (1954) found that members of religious minorities were likely to mention religious affiliation as an aspect of self concept and mention it sooner than members of religious majorities or ppl without religious affiliation. Our self concepts are defined by social world how we are similar to others and how we are unique. Self concept: set of ideas and inferences that you hold about yourself. Through social interactions we develop self concepts and evaluations of ourselves. We develop a sense of self out of physical development and cognitive maturation along with social. See how they responded to the mirror. First 1/2 days, they acted like the reflection was another chimp. Around 10 days , they adapted to this reflection.