MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Contact Hypothesis, Reference Group, Personal Identity

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Others in organizations: we begin this chapter by looking at how people perceive themselves, that is, their self- concept, the self-concept refers to an individual"s self-beliefs and self-evaluations. It is the who am i and how do i feel about myself? that people ask themselves to guide their decisions and actions. We compare our current (perceived self) and desired (ideal self) images of ourselves: there are 3 components. The first is the degree of complexity, or the number of distinct and important roles that people perceive about themselves. Everyone has some degree of complexity because they see themselves in more than one role (student, friend, daughter, sports enthusiast, etc. : the second is consistency. People have high internal consistency when most of their self-perceived roles require similar personality traits, values, and other attributes: the third is clarity, the degree to which you have a clear, confidently define, and stable self-concept.

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