PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Identity Formation, Apperception, Social Comparison Theory
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Essay: should use essays cited in the textbook. Difficult to take a person apart & look at pieces. Approach the world as a whole, not as parts. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, "i i hardly know, sir, just at present at least i know who i was when i got up this morning, but i think i must have been changed several times since then. A combo of physical & psychological attributes that make an indiv. Aware on some level the kind of person you are, as an indiv messed within a social whole. Social interactions allow us to develop a sense of self separate from reality: facilitate idea that we are separate from world around now. Social development: public/private self not looked down on. Resent socially acceptable face to world understand social acceptance: 2ndary emotions can only be developed in a social envt.
