PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Asian Canadians, The Need, Social Comparison Theory
1 May 2017
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Self concept: the contents of the self; that is our knowledge about who we are. Self awareness: the act of thinking about ourselves. These two concepts combined create a coherent sense of identity. Self concept clarity has important cognitive and emotional implications. Self schemas: mental structures that help organize our knowledge about ourselves. Self-reference effect: the tendency for people to remember information better if they related it to themselves. Integrating information with our self schemas helps us organize it better and connect it to other information about ourselves, which makes us more likely to remember it later. When people are motivated to see themselves as possessing a desire quality or trait, they conduct a selective memory search for examples of past behaviours consistent with that trait. The self also serves an executive function, regulating people"s behaviour, choice, and plans for the future much like a ceo of a corporation.
