SOCI 4670 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Egocentrism, Inductive Reasoning, Job Satisfaction
6 Nov 2018
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Most researchers view self-concept as a set of structured self-attitudes that is relatively stable. Little is known about the social conditions responsible for change and stability in self- To understand self-concept we must conceptualize it as a moving baseline with fluctuations. The self-concept is simultaneously a complex structure and a process, that it is stable, but that. To capture the dynamic qualities of self-concept it is necessary to obtain repeated it is also dynamic. measurements and to include naturalistic observations. The structural model attitudes, images, schemas, or theories regarding the self as an object. Many researchers and theorists view self-concept as a multifaceted structure of thoughts, It is also assumed that self-concept is a configuration of personality characteristics that is. regions of the self-concept (extant, desired, and presenting selves). Rosenberg (1979) outlines a description of the structure of human self-concept. Other investigators have used rigorous factor-analytic procedures to study the cognitive.
