PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trait Theory, Mental Representation, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2C03
• Professor: Sarah Clancy

Document Summary

Self-esteem - (my sense of self worth) Social self - (my roles as a student, family member, and friend; my group identity. Self-knowledge (how can i explain and predict myself) The individual"s belief about himself or herself, including the person"s attributes and who and what the self is. The existential self (as early as 3 months) The most basic part of the self-scheme or self-concepts; the sense of being separate and distinct from others and the awareness of the constancy of the self . We realize that we are object within this world. Here you can give yourself psychical chartsotocs and define yourself but it. At 6-7 we start to describe ourselves in more abstract attributes. Define ourselves based on society around us. People could describes themselves as saying im a short girl or something. As we get older we tend to describes outlets in terms of personality trait. Open to the idea of new life styles creative people.