PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: California Psychological Inventory, Consistency, Long-Term Memory
18 Mar 2013
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Chapter 17 what you know about you- the self. Me: collection of statements you could make about yourself. I: the little person in the head (homunculus), the soul, which experiences your life and makes your decisions. Still deserves attention traits used less often than they are in western cultures: not that they lack a sense of self. Individualist and collectivist selves study the nature of the self across cultures individualism and collectivism. Western self is more of a separate entity, and eastern self is more integrated into the social and cultural context: may explain why self-expression is less in eastern culture. Self esteem low se is correlated with dissatisfaction, hopelessness, loneliness, delinquency and depression related to suicidal rates, although also to fear of death. Se tends to suffer when you have failed in eyes of your social group motivates you to restore reputation (evolutionary roots) High se means success and acceptance by one"s social group.
