Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Chinookan Languages, Sarah Palin, Signify

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Beth Lee

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Every human life is unique, rather than a group developed by society: came about in late medieval times, much greater in western society, eastern cultures stress a collective self, where the persons identity is derived in large measure form his or her social group, both w and e self is divided into an inner private self and an outer public self, western cultures tend to subscribe to an independent interpretation of the self (individualism, non western cultures tend to focus on interdependent interpretation of the self where a persons identity is defined by the relationships he or she has with others. Self concept refers to the beliefs a person hold about his or her own attributes and how he or she evaluates these qualities; very complex: attributes can be described along, content (facial attractiveness or mental aptitude, positivity or negativity (self esteem, intensity, stability over time, accuracy.