PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Social Comparison Theory, Body Worn Video
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Blank state etched by social influence and experience. Key people in our life inform us of who we are by how they behave towards us. Learn about self through reactions and feedback from others. Refer to the parts of self-knowledge that are derived from social relationships. The you that"s you is different depending on who you are with. * not born with a firm self = others tell us what we ought to have. We internalize perspective of those who matter to us. Aspects of self may change depending on situation. Social self change across different contexts is consistent with principle of situationism. Working self-concept: subset of self knowledge that is brought to mind in a certain context. *social comparison theory: we learn about our own abilities and attitudes by comparing ourselves to other people. Ex: better at sports, school, instruments, singing, etc. We choose our standard of comparison or reference point (which isn"t always reasonable)
