PSYCH253 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Impression Management, Software Projects, Fallacy
5 Oct 2015
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The social definition of who you are and who you are not; male vs. Female, science vs arts etc; we have a tendency to identify with a social identity that sets us apart in any larger group. Social comparisons - we are conscious of how we differ from others and these differences are part of how we evaluate ourselves; lockwood and kunda obtained self-evaluations from 1st and 4th year students before/after exposure to a model student. Original self-appraisals were high for first year students and increased after exposure. Only if they believe they can achieve similar success: success and failure. Success leads to feeling of achievement that bolster self- appraisals. Self-appraisals can be bolstered by positive statements made in advance of success (by others); if success does not follow it can backfire and cause more self-doubt. Judgements of others are incorporated into our self-
