PSYC 288 Midterm: Midterm 2 notes
I am kind I am a student I am a sister I am a friend
I am open minded I am hardworking I am willing to learn I am hopeful
I am dependable I am caring I am ambitious
Self concept the me
●Content of the self: knowledge of who we are, long term
Reflection of the self awareness: the “i”
●Thinking about ourselves, short term, how am I right now?
Coding I am statements
Independent: i am shy i like good music i am happy
Interdependent relational
: i am a sister/brother
Collective
I am a member of a sorority/fraternity
Tell me what you see US- fish than aquarium asia- other aspects besides fish
asia=more collective/entire group western-focus more on individual
Social construction of self
❖Self constructed by culture
❖east/west differences
➢West
●On average, does not account for individual differences in people
➢Independent ones one's thoughts feelings actions i am happy, woman
❖East
➢Interdependent ones relationships with other people and their thoughts
feelings actions i am a brother i am in love
Rhee yleman- more identified with more western individual less interdependent
statements
Gender differences -
➔Women
◆Relational interdependence close relationships
◆I am the youngest daughter in my family
➔Men
◆Collective interdependence larger groups
●I am an american, in a frat
➔More into our psyche women tend to be encouraged to be caregivers vs executives
1. * 2 3 * 4 5 * 6 7* 8 * 9 * 10 * 11 * 12
13 * 14* 15 16 17 * 18 19 20
Responsible generous romantic loyal thrifty disorganized
Recall 4 not circled 2
Self schemas and recall
❏Calculate number of words
❏Circle and remembered
❏Didn’t circle and remember
❏Info processed and remembered
Recall more words associated with us
Self schemas
**You are most likely to remember she is recently married bc you recently got
engaged new schema we are using, looking for new things now
The coherent self
Accessibility
Working self concept----think of in the moment if you are in a party sit you may consider
yourself a smoker
Situational attributions
Blame situation for inconsistent behavior
*only smoke when your drunk-sit attributions, inconsistent with self concept
Social smokers *what happens there stays there
How do people name their babies
➔Parents strive for originality
➔Girls- ella and grace
➔Boys aiden
➔Original names becomes faddish
Why is actually irrelevant
The important why question
Why do you think and feel the way that you do?
➢Relationship
➢Career
➢Living in lincoln
2/15
Introspection
Look inward to examine own thoughts, feelings, and motives
NISBETT & WILSON
Questions, do we accurately report causes of behavior?
Wilson Laser stone
●Students rate mood each day for 5 weeks
●Rate factors that might relate to their mood
○Day of the week(monday=worst)
○Amount of sleep
○How well are relationships going
●At end of study, rate how much they think each factor relates to mood
Result 1
Modest accuracy when estimating predictors of mood
Moderate correlation-relationships
Sleep-not sign correlation
Friday-we are not necessarily happier we rated it happier but we are not
Result 2
People relied on causal theories
about mood
➔Other people were as accurate as participants own ratings
Consequences of relying on introspection
How are things going in your relationship?
Short term
●Asked to write positive things-feel positive
●Asked to write negative things-feel negative
Long term
Short term wears off
Hard to explain stays rational things don’t always guide actual feelings
