PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Trait Theory, Personality Psychology, Extraversion And Introversion
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The self-concept holds a privileged position in psychology, because the nature of our selves strongly influences the ways we perceive and interact with our social worlds. Not seen in content so much, rather it is seen in structure: example: i am creative. At first glance, it would hardly seem to be culturally infleuenced, because there are creative people in all cultures of the world. Defining ourselves as creative individuals suggests that we think in terms of having enduring traits, such as creativity, that exists across situations. People all over the world are able to think of themselves in terms of both abstract psychological attributes and concrete roles and relationships. There are two ways people might see themselves. One way is reflected in many of the statements made by the. That is, the self can be thought to derive its identity from its inner attributes. This self-contained model of the self is referred to as the independent view of self.
