PSYCH 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Comparison Theory, Hazel Rose Markus, Construals
4 Mar 2013
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The prominence of different self- beliefs varies according to a person"s culture of origin. Family and other socialization agents: socialization agents teach children what they view as socially appropriate and valued attitudes and behavior. They can shape our sense of self by encouraging certain behaviors and providing opportunities for certain activities. They can also influence the traits, abilities, and preferences that we come to associate with ourselves: symbolic interactionist: notion that we come to know ourselves through imagining what others think of us. Looked at the neural systems that are engaged when people think about and report on their self-views versus their reflected self- appraisals. Reflected self-appraisal requires social perception and thus brain regions that support perspective taking are also engaged. Subjected participant to fmri while they reported their self-views and reflected self-appraisals suggested that self views are colored by reflected self- appraisals. Adolescents sense of self is especially likely to be based on their beliefs about.
