PSYCO241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Prefrontal Cortex, Individualism, Collectivism
19 Jan 2017
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Chapter 2: the self in a social world. Social self: my roles as a student, family member, and friend; my group identity. The most important aspect of yourself is your "self". Neuroscientists are exploring the brain activity that underlies your constant sense of being yourself, and some studies suggest an important role for the right hemisphere. The medial prefrontal cortex, a neuron path located in the cleft between your brain hemispheres just behind your eyes, seemingly helps stitch together your sense of self. It becomes more active when you think about yourself. Self-schemas: beliefs about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information. Schemas are mental templates by which we organize our worlds. Possible selves: images of what we dream of or dread becoming in the future. What determines our self-concept: the social identities we form, the comparisons we make with others, our successes and failures, how other people judge us, the surrounding culture.
