PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Comparison Theory, Ingratiation, Social Capital
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Few or many possible selves relates to self-complexity. People who have limited number of possible selves more emotionally vulnerable to relevant feedback. Refers to the evaluation of ourselves along a positive-negative continuum. We learn about our own abilities and attitudes by comparing ourselves to other people. Self-enhancement downward social comparisons (compare yourself to someone who is not doing as well as you) make yourself feel better [my. Self-improvement upward social comparisons (compare to people doing better than you as a sort of motivation) Social capital: the number of social ties each person has to others; typically these are connections people can draw on for knowledge, assistance, or other social goods. Self-promotion: attempting to present ourselves to others as having positive attributes. Self-verification process: theory that addresses the processes by which we lead others to agree with our views of ourselves; wanting others to agree with how we see ourselves.
