CMN 1148 Lecture 2: 2- Perceiving Self
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Chapter 2- perceiving self in relation to others. Self-concept: collection of thoughts and feelings about the self, which drive attitude and behaviour. How we perceive ourselves- personality, appearance, type of person (mother, son, employee) (dancer, athlete) Four faces of self-concept: self-image: how we see ourselves, looking-glass self: how we think others see us, ideal self: how we"d like to be, real self: how we really are. Reference groups: groups with which we compare ourselves (demographic- age, gender etc. or psychographic- values) Significant others: people whose opinions of us matter to us. Self-fulfilling prophecy: expectations of others can influence expectations of ourselves (if someone tells us we will fail it is more likely we will) Myth of perfection: it is both possible and desirable to achieve perfection.
