PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Leon Festinger, Role Theory, Social Comparison Theory
5 Feb 2018
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Self-concept: a perso(cid:374)"s knowledge about him or herself, including o(cid:374)e"s own traits, social identities, and experiences. Ego: the aspe(cid:272)t of self that dire(cid:272)ts o(cid:374)e"s thoughts a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Even within a geographic region, culture influences the self-concept. According to social identity theory, people define themselves largely in terms of the social groups with which they identify. Men and women share many more similarities than one would think. It might be obvious to point out subtle differences, but they are statistically small. We commonly assume that those differences are essential to men and women because they are biologically or genetically based, but people also learn from their culture what behaviors and self-views are appropriate for their gender. Social role theory: proposes that gender differences in self-concepts arise because of a long history of role distribution between the sexes. People are likely to have a lot of knowledge about self-defining attributes.
