PSY 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Comparison Theory, Eminem, Construals

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 210
• Professor: Marc Weintraub

Document Summary

Greeks said we know ourselves: basically we think about our self which then defines us. Schema is a body of knowledge: we have a body of knowledge about ourselves and how to act in certain situations. Can change due to past and future experiences: a cognitive structure, derived from past experience, that represents a person"s beliefs and feelings about the self in general and in specific situations. Origins of the self: all our past experiences. Reflected self-appraisal: your belief about how you think others see you. 3: the self changes across different contexts, eminem example, people are different in different situations. Working self-concept: self-knowledge that is brought to mind in a particular context, our working self-concept evolves as we age and on the situation we are in, pic on slide. During argument maybe you think i"m a bad listener. As you age you might care more or less about things.