Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Individualism, Reference Group, Ingratiation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: maxwell

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Self-concept an organized collection of beliefs about the self . These beliefs are also called self-schemas and include personality traits, abilities, physical features, values, goals, & social roles. Possible selves refer to one"s conceptions about the kind of person one might become in the future . The self-concept is composed of various self-schemas, or beliefs about the self. Jason and chris have different self-concepts, in part, because they have different self- schemas. Individuals have the following self-perceptions: an actual self (qualities people think they actually possess, an ideal self (qualities people would like to have, an ought self (qualities people think they should possess) Mismatches between the actual, ideal, and/or ought selves. These can cause various effects: when the actual self falls short of the. Ideal self, we feel dejected and sad: when the actual self falls short of the. Types of self-discrepancies, their effects on emotional states, and possible consequences.