SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Henri Tajfel
10 Mar 2014
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A room of candy and the adult would say take one piece of candy then the adult would excuse himself, the experiment entailed to see how much candy they would take. Treatment group with mirror would only take one piece. Other group without mirror would take many pieces. When we"re self-aware, we are more likely to follow a set of standards from society and yourself. Self-concept / self-schema: our thoughts about who we are, and our perceptions of our social identities and personal qualities. Self-awareness: to see one"s self differently from society=babies, ability to examine our feelings and thoughts, happens at an early age (amongst animals?) Self-esteem: the overall emotional evaluation of their own work, self-work, linked to the sense of control - the extent that we believe we have control over our lives. Self-knowledge: knowledge of the properties of our self (introvert vs. extrovert)
