Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ingratiation, Narcissism, Binge Eating

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

Document Summary

Origins of self concept textbook discusses 4. We will discuss behavior : or what we do. The idea has been proposed that behavior, or what we do, predicts preferences (bem is the psychologist behind this) When internal cues are weak or ambiguous, we come to know who we are by observing our behavior, and the circumstances under which that behavior occurs. In mcdonalds dr. doug orders a big mac out of free will a. i. a. ii. Because he ordered one out of free will, doug must enjoy big macs. We can study our own behaviors to know our self. Sometimes rewards can undermine our interest in performing a behavior. An example of this is the folk tale where a man pays kids to play out side his house. As he pays them less and less each day, they eventually become disinterested in playing outside his house.