PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Impression Management, Social Comparison Theory, Psy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Lewis

Document Summary

Sense that one is competent and effective. The strategic control of information communicated to audiences. Audience can be real, imagined, or self. Can be trivial information or more important information. Protecting one"s self-image by creating a handy excuse for failure. Might not do well on an exam decide to party instead oh i"m not dumb, A hypothesis that maintains that self-esteem is an internal, subjective index or marker of the extent to which we are included or looked on favorably by others. A model that maintains that we are motivated to view ourselves in a favorable light and that we do so through two processes: reflection and social comparison. We flatter ourselves by association with others" accomplishments. Ex: repping umich gear after a game day win. Strategically noting how our own performance compares favorably with that of others, especially when the domain is important to our self-concept.