PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Terror Management Theory, Construals, Family Values

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jens C Pruessner

Document Summary

Markus (1977): the self schema is the cognitive aspect of the self concept, consisting of an integrated set of memories, beliefs, and generalization about the self. Rogers: trait adjective processes with reference to the self were better recalled than comparable items processed only for their general meaning. The greater the activation of this area during self referencing, the more likely we will remember the item later during a memory task. Working of self concept: the immediate experience of the self, limited to the amount of information that can be possessed cognitively at any given time. Consequently, people come to respond to themselves in manners consistent with how other view them. Need for parents" unconditional love, but in relatively strict parenting with well defined limits. Self esteem and death anxiety: according to the terror management theory: self esteem protects people from the horror associated with knowing they eventually will die.