[PSY220H5] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (135 pages long!)
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How do we learn about ourselves: self-esteem. Why do we have self-esteem: self-serving biases. What is the self: william james (1890) The contents of the self; i. e, our knowledge about who we are: the self (serves certain functions) - in order to define look at separate aspects. My roles as a student, family member, and friend; my group identity. Functions of the self: has 3 main function: Mental frameworks that organized info, feelings, and beliefs about the ourselves and help guide processing of self-relevant info. Influence what we think, notice, remember, and how we behave. The tendency for info pertaining to the self to be processed more efficiently and better remembered than other info. One goes to utm one goes to york. Couple days later, will be more likely to remember the stranger that goes to utm over york. What differed was that the person that goes to utm shares something w/ your self-concept.
