PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ingratiation, Social Comparison Theory, Impression Management
28 Nov 2016
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By definition, the self is the individual viewed as both the source and the object of reflexive behaviour. As such, the self is both active and passive. The self is constructed from social information. Our social behaviors are influenced by self-related factors. Self-concept: the content" of the self or the knowledge about who we are. Able to make predictions of a person"s social behaviour. Inconsistency between self-concept and experience evokes anxiety and threat. Gordon would have the participants list down who they are and then. Self-schemas group some together first 2-3 are closer to the definition of the self. Cognitive generalizations about the self, derived from past experiences, that organize and guide processing of self-related information (markus, 1977) Which traits are central to the self-concept? the info about the self concept is organized (musician) Schematic traits: defining ourselves or deciding how we feel about ourselves.
