PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Motivation, Psych, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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People have strong concern with how they are perceived by others. Concern with making a good impression after death. More and more people are requesting plastic surgery after death, to help them look their best for their funeral. Specific spot in the brain that seems to correspond to the self has not been found. Self-knowledge (self-concept): information about self, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-deception. Interpersonal self (public self): self-presentation, member of groups, relationship partner, social roles, reputation. Agent self (executive function): decision making, self-control, taking charge of situations, active responding. The self: interface between inner biological processes and a sociocultural network. Looking inward at private aspects of the self. Looking outward at public aspects of the self. Compare themselves to moral standards or ideals. People seek to escape from self-awareness when it feels bad. Self-regulation, social acceptance, perspective taking, and goal. Dieters are high in public self-consciousness, but low in private self- awareness. Eating provides a low-level distraction from thoughts about self.
