PSY 2105 Final: PSY2105 Exam Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Julie Desjardins

Document Summary

The self can be defined in different ways. Subjective aspect of existence including personal identity, personal agency and continued existence across time. Sense that we are separate from other people and are constant across time: categorical self ( me , objective understanding of one"s personal experiences (physical appearance, personality traits, and cognitive abilities) Existing in terms of how other people perceive us. The self is viewed as a product of a system of interrelated processes. Information processing models: what we focus on and how we interpret our environment affects how we think about yourself, bi-directional relationship how we see ourselves affects how we see our environment. Self-schema: an internal cognitive portrait of the self used to organize information about the. The infant"s awareness of only the physical self gradually develops into greater understanding of different features of the self. First modelled by external factors, becomes internalized overtime. Self develops by interacting with the world physical experiences.