PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Trait Theory, Ego Depletion, Construals
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Chapter 3 self-schema - a cognitive structure, derived from past experience, that represents a person"s beliefs and feeling about the self in general and in speci c situations. The notion that the self is fundamentally social has long been recognized. As the immediate or broader social context shifts, so too may the nature of the self. Self- knowledge is derived in part from introspection, but this knowledge can be subject to construal processes, is limited by what people have introspective access to, and can be distorted by motivational forces. The social self originates from a variety of sources. Parents and other socialization agents by virtue of what they teach us, what they encourage in us, how they react to us help de ne who we are. The current situation matters as well: the social self shifts from one context to another. A person"s culture of origin shapes the social self in profound ways.
