[PSY325H5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (27 pages long!)
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William james (1890: (cid:862)i- elf(cid:863): self as subject or knower; has four components. Self-awareness : a(cid:374) appre(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) for o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al states, (cid:374)eeds, thoughts, a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s. Self-agency: the se(cid:374)se of the authorship o(cid:448)er o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s thoughts and actions. Self-continuity: the sense that one remains the same person over time. Self-coherence : a stable sense of the self as a single, coherent, bounded entity: (cid:862)me- elf(cid:863): self as object or known. Multiple social selves: multiple others who recognize the individual and carry an image of him/her in their mind. May not all speak with the same voice. Individual must selectively choose roles and suppress alternatives. First systematic conceptualization of the self within psychology. Hierarchical theories of the self: conflict of multiple role-related selves. Theories of the (cid:862)e(cid:454)te(cid:374)ded self(cid:863: elf that goes (cid:862)(cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d the ski(cid:374)(cid:863, self that includes others as a part of itself. Focus on certain processes that are integral to the construction of the self-such as.
