PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hazel Rose Markus, Prefrontal Cortex, Trait Theory
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Central theme of social psychology: the reality is subjective, a product of our construal of the social world including ourselves. Most of us have alter egos second selves that characterize who we are in the presence of relevant audiences. Our social self shifts dramatically from one situation to another the social self changes across different contexts = situationism. Aspects of the self that are distinctive in the social context we highlight what makes us unique in a gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial situatio(cid:374); (cid:449)hat"s (cid:373)ost (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)al to ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) is (cid:449)hat (cid:373)akes a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) disti(cid:374)(cid:272)t. Malleability and stability the social self is defined by two truths: it is malleable, shifting from one (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t to a(cid:374)othe(cid:396), a(cid:374)d at the sa(cid:373)e ti(cid:373)e a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial self has (cid:272)o(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts that pe(cid:396)sist a(cid:272)(cid:396)oss contexts. Philosopher confucius; emphasized the importance of knowing o(cid:374)e"s pla(cid:272)e i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), of honoring traditions, duties and social roles and of thinking of others before the self.
