PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Minimal Group Paradigm, Sigma Chi, Social Comparison Theory

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Chapter 5 the person in the situation: self concept, gender and dispositions. Self esteem: a disposition that represents ppl"s judgements of their own worthiness ie owns attitude towards self. Se is a type of disposition ie personality traits. Hse -> think positively about themselves and consider themselves to be worthwhile individuals. Lsw -> evaluate themselves negative and are less confident about their self worth. Humans can be self-reflective ie thinking about ones past and future, wondering how one is viewed by other ppl and assessing ones weakness. The product of self-reflection is our self concept. Self concept: all info about the self in memory how we identify ourselves, the values we endorse, and how we feel about ourselves identity is a self concept. Identity: the characteristics that individuals think define them and make up their more imp qualities identity consist of whatever characteristics you see as highly self-descriptive ie uni student, sigma chi, attitudes towards things, gender etc.

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