PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Shifting Cultivation, Regional Policy Of The European Union, Netgear
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The heart of who we think we are, our self-concepts, vary in important ways across cultures. The self-concept hold a privileged position in psychology, because the nature of our selves strongly influences the ways we perceive and interact with out social worlds. Twenty-statements test- is a well used measure of the self-concept, it is writing 20 statements starting with i am---- and you use words to describe your self. This exercise reveals the extent of cultures influence on our identities in at least two ways: one rater superficial, and one much deeper. At the superficial level, your description might include some culturally shaped statements such as im a vancouver canucks fan . These statements are cultural products and you have to have participated in a cultural meaning system. However these kinds of self stateents might reveal only a superficial influence of culture, cuz the culture is merely providing the content about the ways we think of ourselves.
