PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mind Map, Autobiographical Memory, Optical Flow

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark Baldwin

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Write down 10 things that describe who you are: i am, i am, i am, i am, i am, i am, i am, i am, i am, i am. What self-related thinking seems to influence people"s emotions and behaviour? really me, it"s. Value of authenticity: shakespeare: this above all: to thine own self be true . *thinking about ourselves, who are we and who do we want to be. Society tells us to build a personal brand build an image of who you are e. g. unbelievable. know why or how she got famous. Angelina jolie: i struggle with low self-esteem all the time. Pursuit of fame: kim kardashian, being famous is her career, she"s good at it, we don"t. William james (one of the first psychologists who worked a lot on social psychology) >put chimpanzees in a room with a full length mirror. >chimp did not recognize its own image, it thought it was another chimp.