PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Booster Dose, Impression Management, Agreeableness
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We each bring to every situation a set of experiences and personality that may be in uential in determining behaviour. Social identity is our internalized representation of how we view ourselves as being part of our social world, includes the self and gender identity: article 13: the many me"s of the self-monitor. Looks at the sense of self that each of us has and asks whether it is compromised of a single sense of self or a number of selves, depending on the situation. Self-monitoring is the act of modifying behaviour depending on the context. It refers to the extent to which an individual is aware of and able to control their impressions. The self is a product of the individual"s relationship with others (public appearance vs. realities of the self). Low self-monitoring individuals are not as concerned, expressing how they feel.