PSYC 2740 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Anxiety Disorder, Shyness, Social Comparison Theory

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Lecture 13 - march 14 personality & the self lecture. Self-concept your understanding of who you are. Self-esteem how we evaluate who we are. Social identity how we present ourselves to other people. Start to recognize that some things and people are there and some are not always there: ages 2-3: Identify with own age/sex: then with own family, 18months can recognize their face in a mirror, ages 3-4 up to 12, based on talents & skills, how can they perform them, comparison with other children, ages 5-6: Social comparison & awareness of private self: adolescence, perspective taking, objective awareness (start of social identity) Shyness social anxiety: discomfort/distress in interactions, or in the anticipation of them. Has an element of shyness at its core. Sever fear of being judged in social situations. Significant fear in 1 (or more) social/performance situations. Exposure to this situation leads to high anxiety. The anxiety/distress causes impairment in one (or more) areas of life.

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