PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Procedural Knowledge, Descriptive Knowledge, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Richard Barlow Day

Document Summary

The i and the me: william james said that the self has two meanings called the i and the me. If you look into a mirror, the self that is doing the looking is the i and the self that is being looked at is the me . The me, is the key of this chapter. The contents and the purpose of the self: The me includes not just our personality traits, but also our body, home, posessions, and family members: if someone were to harm any of these, we would be upset and angry. Richard robins says that the self has four important jobs: 1. Self-regulation: the ability to restrain impulses and keep focussed on long term goals: 2. Information-processing filter: guiding us to focus on and remember the information that really matters to us, as well as to keep it organized: 3.