PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Comparison Theory, Collectivism
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Leads to a sense of an inner, private self: appreciate that others don"t have access to this internal mental activity, divergent aspects of the self, theories of the self, entity theory of self, self is resistant to change. Incremental theory of self: aspects of self are easy to change and are expected to change, content and structure of the inner, private self, content and structure of the outer, public self. Independent-interdependent self-construal theory: theory posits that culture produces two distinct ways of viewing the self independent or interdependent ways. Internal attributes understood as situation specific: emphasis on socially appropriate sentiment and behaviour. Imply that one must always be in the company of others. Imply that people do not have a sense of themselves as autonomous agents. Imply that attention to other is indiscriminate only relevant others play a role in defining the inner self.
