Psychology 2070A/B Chapter 5: Some CH. 5 notes for 2070A/B

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

5 - person in the situation: self-concept, gender, and dispositions. Dispositions: individuals consistencies across time and settings in specific type of feeling, thought, and/or action, which make individuals different from others. Self-concept: all info abt the self in memory. Characteristics individuals think define them and make up their most impt qualities. Spontaneous self-concept: aspects of identity that are in conscious awareness at given point in time. >aspects of self recently activated, make the self distinctive are esp. likely to be part of this concept. Identity consists of both personal qualities and group memberships. Social identity theory: we want to maintain a positive social (group) identity. Achieved via perception that groups to which they belong to are superior to other groups. Minimal group studies: assigns participants to arbitrary/meaningless groups. Results showed; participants treat ingroup members more favourably than outgroup members. Optimal distinctiveness theory: we want a balance btwn similarity and separateness from others.