PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Egocentric Bias, Social Comparison Theory, Psych
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Self concept: cognitive component (knowledge of self) Self-esteem: affective component (how you feel about yourself) Self presentation: behavioral component (how do you manage the impression we give off for ourselves) Self concept: knowledge of self (traits, abilities, etc. Self schema tends to be very complex. Tends to be compartmentalized, there are different parts. Self schema tends to be complex but your self schema tends to be different depending on the role you are in during that time/moment. How we turn inward to find that knowledge about ourselves. William james: looking glass is a mirror; we gather knowledge about our traits and abilities oftentimes by looking at how other people respond to us. When we don"t have a way of evaluating ourselves, we look to other people to compare ourselves to and this gives us knowledge on where we stand on a particular trait or ability. This depends on who you compare yourself to.
