Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Social Comparison Theory, Motivation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

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Independent view of the self: defining oneself in terms of one"s own internal thoughts, feelings and actions and not in terms of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of other people (western cultures) Interdependent view of the self: defining oneself in terms of one"s relationships to. Self-concept clarity is probably a western phenomenon, based on the premise. Women"s self-concepts reflect more relational interdependence meaning they. Men tend to define themselves in terms of social groups, such as which sport. Introspection: the process where people look inward and examine their own thoughts, feelings and motives there is one thing, and only one in the whole universe which we know more about than we could learn from external observation. We have, so to speak, inside information; we are in the know. c. s. f***ing. In other words, people use theories about what influences their feelings and behaviour to explain how they feel.