PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Explanatory Style, Construals, Social Comparison Theory
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By the end of today"s class you should be able to: distinguish between an independent and an interdependent self-construal. Discuss the relationship between self-construals and responsiveness to evaluative feedback. Consider the consequences of optimistic and pessimistic attributional styles. Are there sex differences in responsiveness to evaluative feedback (cont: explanation for greater susceptibility of females than males to evaluative feedback: sex differences in self-construals, females are more responsive to others evaluations, self-construal--schemas about the self. Fits into ideals for men to be individuals and autonomous; females have interdependent self construal: self seen as malleable and flexible. Independent vs interdependent self construals (markus and kitayama): males more likely to show themselves doing activities which they enjoy and with items which they value. Females more likely to show themselves with others. Females self identity is defined by one other person. They define self as a type (a daughter, a friend, a co- worker, etc. ) For exam: internal, unstable, specific attribution is the.
