PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Hairstyle, Self-Awareness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Know thyself - solon, the greek thinker. He would be very pleased today to know how much we know about the concept of self (who you are) Self concept or self knowledge (the known or the me) Self awareness (the knower or the i) A book about you you are the content of the book but you are also the person who can use that book to go to a page and tell someone about yourself. The concrete self of me shifts as we get older. Definitions people have struggled to develop a definition of self. Dead people do not have a sense of self. Self includes the social identity connecting with something bigger. Self is the active agent you make the decisions. 50 first dates - every interaction is new, therefore self is not functioning. Person a is helpful, but person b is not. Go to person a for help that"s interpersonal connection.