PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Leon Festinger, East Asian Languages, Eminem

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Reality is subjective and is a product of our construal of the social word. William james was first to do the sp study of the self (cid:862)social (cid:373)e(cid:863) to refer to the parts of self-knowledge that are derived from social relationships. The term reflects his conviction that the self is not something to be distinguished f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the so(cid:272)ial (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld, (cid:271)ut (cid:396)athe(cid:396) that it"s a so(cid:272)ial e(cid:374)tit(cid:455) th(cid:396)ough a(cid:374)d th(cid:396)ough. A major source of self-understanding is, ourselves self-knowledge can be acquired through introspection (people focus attention on themselves to be able to understand themselves) We have a narrated self and we are constantly trying to tell our story, to be able to better understand ourselves. The accuracy of self-knowledge is not always good we lack self-insight. Sometimes we lack self-insight b/c motives there are certain things many of us would rather not know about ourselves. A lot of mental processes we have are non-conscious.

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