PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cognitive Dissonance, Impression Management, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Act in accordance with community expectations to gain group harmony. Closed circle line indicates that we are stable, while the dotted circle line around group indicates that it"s fluid, in-groups can change. Key boundary around self- and non-self for independent. In interdependent, the self overlaps with all other people in in-group. All traits (x) can be a part of other people. Dotted line indicates that personal identity is fluid and can change depending on what social surrounding found on. Solid line indicates that in-group is stable and is valued. Subjective self awareness consider themselves from the perspective of the subject, and is more aware of everything that surrounds me. Objective self-awareness is how you may appear to others, more likely to compare yourself to others, looking at self from outsiders perspective. Collectivist, more likely to engage in objective self-awareness because they are. People from diff cultures do task differently. College ppl (urban) more autonomatistic while in rural opposite role.
