PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tabula Rasa, Social Comparison Theory, Self-Control
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Self knowledge: self concept, self awareness, self esteem. Interpersonal self: external self-presentation, self-monitoring, group member, partner, social roles, and reputation. Agent self: decision maker, self control, taking initiative, active responding: tabula rasa, st. thomas aquinas (1250): blank slate etched by social influence and experience b. If we realize someone thinks something about us, and it"s someone whose opinion we value, we"ll begin to internalize it: self discrepancy theory, tory higgins (1987) a. i. We can fall short of expectations in different ways. Depending on which way we fall short we feel different kinds of negative emotions b. Aspects of your self-concept derived from group memberships (sense of belonging to particular social groups) a. i. 1. We have multiple selves: libertarian, ucsd student, female, jewish, sister, daughter a. ii. When your membership is salient, you see parts of your group as part of your self-concept and therefore tied to your self-esteem a. iii.
