PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: George Herbert Mead, Hominidae
23 Dec 2020
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These values set standards for and impose limits on the conduct of research. There are various views on the relation between values and science. Few believe that there can be completely value-free science, but some advocate trying to minimize the influence of values on science, whereas others argue that values should be recognized and encouraged as an important factor in science. Self-concept: the sum total of an individual"s beliefs about his or her own personal attributes. Self-schema: a belief people hold about themselves that guides the processing of self-relevant information. Self-schemas are to an individual"s total self-concept what hypotheses are to a theory, or what a book is to a library. People who see themselves as extremely overweight or underweight are schematic with respect to weight. Those who do no regard their own weight as extreme or important to their lives are aschematic.
