PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ingratiation, Overjustification Effect, Construals
25 Sep 2018
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Self is an important object of our attention. Beliefs about oneself that guide processing of self relevant information. Self-recognition: you can recognize yourself in a mirror as humans (as other animals can also do) Looking-glass self: people serve as a mirror in which we see ourselves. Self as relational: we draw our sense of who we are from our past and current relationships with the significant others in our lives. Our self-concepts match what we think others think of us, but not what others actually think of us. Process of looking inwards at one"s own thoughts and. People are bad at anticipating how they will feel in emotional events. Impact bias: overestimating the strength and duration of their emotional reactions. We tend to habituate to whatever situation we are thrown into. Perceptions of our own behaviour insight by observing their. When internal cues are difficult to interpret, people gain own behaviour (daryl bem: self-perception theory)
