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4: Self presentation Flashcards

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What is the medieval view of the self?

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They saw it as stable and fixed, including social class, location and family

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What is the modern view of the self?

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Flexiable and re-negociable

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What are some reasons for the change in the view of the self between the medieval times and now?

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Seculatisation
Industrialisation
Enlightenment
Psychoanalysis

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What is James’ definition of the self?

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Two seperate aspects:

Me: The knowledge we have of ourselves

I: Our awarness (reflexively) of ourself

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According to Brewer and Gardner, what are the 3 types of self?

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Individual self: Personal traits that differentiate the self from others

Relational self: Connections and role relationships with significant others

Collective self: Group memberships that differentiate ‘us from them’

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According to Brewer and Gardener, what is individual self?

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Personal traits that differentiate ourselves from others

Eg: Being good at tennis

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According to Brewer and Gardener, what is relational self?

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Connections and role relationship with others

Eg: Idea of what it means to be a mother

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According to Brewer and Gardener, what is collective self?

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Group memberships that differentiate ‘us from them’

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What is the ‘me’ part of James’ definition of the self?

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The knowledge we have about ourselves (Object)

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What is the ‘i’ part of James’ definition of the self?

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Our reflexive awareness of ourselves (Subject)

We can reflect on who we are to others and can think about who we are

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When does self-awareness surface in our development

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18 months to 2 years old

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What is a self-schema?

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Our knowledge about our self-concept

It influences our processing and behaviour

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What is a social identity?

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The self defined in terms of group memberships (Collective self)

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What is personal identity?

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Defines the self in terms of traits and close personal relationships (Individual self)

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What are some self-comparison theories?

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Self-awareness theory

Self-discrepancy theory

Regulatory focus theory

Self-perception theory

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Who came up with self-awareness theory?

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Duval and Wicklund

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What is self-awareness theory?

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When we become self-conscious, we compare our behaviour with internal standards and values.

If current behaviour is inconsistent with them, we change our behaviour or try to leavethe situation

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What are the two types of self described in self-awareness theory?

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Private and public self

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What is individualization? (Self-awareness theory)

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When people don’t have awareness of themselves as distinct individuals so fail to monitor their actions and act impulsively

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Who came up with self-discrepancy theory?

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Higgins

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What is self-discrepancy theory?

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We pick up on discrepancies between our actual self and our ideal/ought self and aim to reduce them through self-regulation

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According to self-discrepancy theory, what are the 3 types of self?

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Actual self: What we actually are in the moment

Ideal self: Who we aim to be

Ought self: What we think others want us to be

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According to self-discrepancy theory, what is actual self?

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What we actually are in the moment

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According to self-discrepancy theory, what ideal self?

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Who we would like to be

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According to self-discrepancy theory, what ought self

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Who we think we should be according to others

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According to self-discrepancy theory, what is self-regulation?

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Stratergies we use to try and match our actual self with our ideal and ought self

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What do we feel when there is a discrepancy between our actual and ideal self?

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Disappointed, dissatisfied, sad

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What do we feel when there is a discrepancy between our actual and ought self?

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Anxious, threatened, fearful

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Who came up with regulatory focus theory?

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Higgins

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What is regulatory process theory?

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We have two seperate reglatory systems:

The promotion system: This is the attainment of hopes and dreams, being sensitive to positive events and using approach strategic means to achieve our goals

The prevention system: This is the fulfillment of duties and obligations, sensitive to negative events and using avoidance strategic means to achieve their goals such as avoiding certain types of failure

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According to regulatory focus theory, what is the promotion system?

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This is the attainment of hopes and dreams, being sensitive to positive events and using approach strategic means to achieve our goals

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According to regulatory focus theory, what is the prevention system?

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This is the fulfillment of duties and obligations, sensitive to negative events and using avoidance strategic means to achieve their goals such as avoiding certain types of failure

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Who came up with self-perception theory?

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Bem

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What is self-perception theory?

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When our attitudes are ambigious, we infer them by observing our own behaviour

Role of external justification

Overjustification

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What is the role of external justification in self-perception theory?

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When extrinsic motivation is very strong, people discount the influence of intrinsic motivation

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What is the overjustification effect in self-perception theory? Linked to external justification

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It can decrease the liklihood of behaviours occuring again if extrinsically motivated

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What is social comparison?

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Where our self concept is shaped by others

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What is the theory of the ‘looking glass self’?

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We see ourselves and the social world through the eyes of other people and adopt these views

We see ourselves the way we think others see us

How you imagine you appear to others, how you imagine others wil judge you

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Who came up with the idea of the ‘looking glass self’?

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Cooley

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What is social comprehension theory?

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We rely on others to define who we are. We compare ourselves to those around us

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What are upward social comparisons?

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Comparing ourselves to someone who is better than we are in a particular trait - aspire to dream and be the best of the best

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What are downward social comparisons?

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Comparing ourselves to someone who is worse at a trait - self protective and self enhancing to make ourselves feel better

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Who came up with the self-evaluation and maintance model?

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Tesser

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What is the self-evaluation and maintance model?

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How do people behave when they’re constraied to only make upwards social comparisons?

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What is self-affirmation theory?

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People reduce the impact of a threat to their self concept by affirming their competence in other areas

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What is social identity theory?

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An individual’s self concept comes from their knowledge of membership to a social group

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