PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Proximate And Ultimate Causation, David Buss, Social Perception

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2C03
• Professor: Jennifer Ostovich

Document Summary

If se slow at times, i think i am no good at all, don"t have much to be proud of, feel useless at times, inclined to feel that i am a failure. Caveat: independent/individualist vs. interdependent/collectivist selves => western/europe culture =>individualistic culture. In fact it is irrelevant to most cultures. Individualists define themselves in terms of personal traits; things about them, why they do, their personality. I am outgoing, smart, funny, great doctor (not using social category, they care how they are doing it, great") Collectivist define themselves in terms of relationships to other people; i belong to this group. Others circle you, they are part of you, they are important, but they are not completely twined. Their selves are interacting, they are twined. View of self" is different from across cultures. Three sources of evidence of why self-esteem is important" in individualists cultures. People from western culture have high se.