PSYC 231 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reticular Formation, Positron Emission Tomography, Frontal Lobe

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 231
• Professor: Dr.Ada Mullett

Document Summary

Self- concept: set of ideas and inferences that you hold about yourself: develops through social interacions, physical development and cogniive maturaion. Relected appraisals: internalize others percepions of them: adults : idenity inluenced by personal characterisics and culture, traits as enduring intrapersonal qualiies. Stereotype: a simpliied and overgeneralized category that may or may not be correct. Coninuous dimension: relects how much society values the uniqueness of individuals or how much individuals values it in with the group: individualisic cultures: physical atributes and traits uniqueness of the individual. Need for posiive self-regard: colleciviies: social and global traits - emphasis on views, needs + goals of the group. Other-important, group context, true self with others. Interdependent self : not understood when separated from the group. Self-esteem : how we feel about ourselves: depends on whether we are living up to the culturally held values, stability: variability of self-worth over ime.