PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Construals, Blood Sugar, Extraversion And Introversion
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Chapter 3: the social self: the social psychology study of the self usually begins with william james, who introduced many concepts about the self. In this chapter, we explore cultural and other key social origins of the self - according to. James, who we are is forged in large part by our interactions with others. Interestingly, ratings made by the self and ratings made by close others independently predicted the self"s behaviour. In other words, the two kinds of ratings had unique predictive power: the researchers argue that there are certain aspects of a person that are uniquely known to the self and some that are uniquely known to others. She also identified aschematic participants: those who rated themselves moderately on the independent-dependent dimension, and for whom neither dependence nor independence was important to their self-definition. Sulloway has looked at sibling dynamics from an evolutionary perspective and arrive at a born-to-rebel hypothesis.
