PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Terror Management Theory, Bounded Set, Mortality Salience
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Then there will be a third theory called self-determination theory and we will look at it from evolutionary point of view that is quite uniquely human. In order to convey understanding of the nature of self-esteem must. Rst make clear the view on the evolutionary development of the human self. Recursive processing: ability to use recursive information processing rules that result in generative cognitive abilities. Recursive processing involves feeding the output of a give process or function back as the input for a repeated run of the process or function. Basically, recursive rules govern the combination of outputs into larger constructions. Output of this is who we are, and how we are acting in the society. This analysis of the nature of the self suggest that self-esteem should represent some combination of the uniquely human self and more ancient motivational mechanisms.
