PSY100H1 Lecture 3: Chapter 3 Lecture Notes
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Chapter 3: social psychologists generally recognize three primary components of the self. Markus and wurf (1987: coined the term working self-concept, this refers to the idea that only a subset of a person"s vast pool of self- knowledge is brought to the mind in any given context. Despite the shifts in our sense of self, there is still a sense of continuity in the self. Thus, how do we balance these opposing views: 1) although the content of working self-concept varies across situations, core components of self-knowledge are likely to be on top of the mind whenever a person thinks about the self. Acting confident around my friends but insecure around my mother- the social self is malleable but at the same time, has core components that persist across contexts. Cultures and the social self: there are differences in cultures when it comes to the social self. Cultures that promote an independent self-construal include the west and europe.
