PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ego Depletion
27 Sep 2016
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Self-concept: is the content of the self, that is our knowledge about who we are. Use red dot test: animal or baby look into a mirror then shows the red dot on their face and see"s how long they touch that spot. Self-schema: each specific idea or piece of info about the self (i am shy) Working: the portion of one"s self-schema that is currently activated (being a student in school but not thinking about it on the weekend) Solo-status: feeling unique on a specific attribute in relation to other people in the the environment. Culture: in the study the chimps that weren"t socialized didn"t develop a sense of self. Social identity theory: people define and value themselves largely in terms of the social groups with with they identify. Better than average effect: people think that they are above average in most things facial feedback: Looking inward to examine our own thoughts, feelings, and motives.
