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Chapter 2: The Self in a Social World Flashcards

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Spotlight Effect

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Putting ourselves in the spotlight, assuming others are paying attention to us

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Illusion of Transparency

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Our awareness of our feelings causes us to assume others will notice them

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How our Social Surroundings Affect Our Awareness

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We are keenly aware of differences between us and others

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Self Interest & Social Judgement

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We attribute negative events to others’ actions and positive events to our own

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Self Concern and Social Behavior

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We attempt to maintain a good image and adjust our behavior to match others’

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Social Relationships and the Self

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Since our actions depend partially on who we’re with, who we’re with affects our self-image
- Self and society is a 2-way street

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Self-Schemas

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Mental templates for organizing ourselves

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Social Comparison

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We base our self-image on our comparison to those around us

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Charles Cooley’s Looking Glass Self

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We reflect what we think other people think of us
- How do I appear
- What do others think of me
- Revise how we think about ourselves
- Can be based on correct or incorrect perceptions

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Individualism

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A way of seeing oneself apart from those around you - popular in Western cultures

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Individualism: The Independent Self

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The extent to which we see ourselves as independent from others

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Individualism: Social Comparisons

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People often compare upwards: they want to move up toward those that have more than them

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Collectivism

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Looking at oneself as part of a larger group

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Collectivism: Interdependent Self

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The extent to which we see ourselves as connected to those around us

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Collectivism: Social Comparisons

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People compare downwards: want to bring others up to their level

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Individualism: Self & Culture

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More individualistic words are being used worldwide

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Self-Knowledge: Planning Fallacy

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We tend to underestimate how long it will take us to do something

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Self-Knowledge: Affective Forecasting

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We are bad at predicting how we will feel

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Self-Knowledge: Impact Bias

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Overestimating how long we will feel a certain way

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Self-Knowledge: Immune Neglect

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The tendency to underestimate the speed of our “psychological immune system”

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Self-Knowledge: Dual Attitude System

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  • IMPLICIT ATTITUDES: Change slowly with practices that form new habits
  • EXPLICIT ATTITUDES: Can be changed with persuasion
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Self-Knowledge: Practical Implications

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  • Self-reports are often untrustworthy
  • Sincerity does not guarantee validity
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Self-Esteem

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  • How one evaluates themselves or their worth
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When is Self Esteem Motivating vs Harmful

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  • Comparing ourselves to others can harm our self-esteem
  • The context dictates how our self-esteem is impacted (2nd vs 3rd place)
  • We measure our self-esteem with the traits that we think matter to others
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Self-Esteem: Setting Goals

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  • Pursuing self-esteem can lead to us having a bloated view of ourselves, less empathy, and pressure to succeed rather than enjoy
  • Setting compassionate goals helps us to reframe where we get our self-esteem from
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Terror Management Theory

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  • We have an innate fear of death which motivates our self-esteem
  • This creates a desire for recognition, which can be social or personal goals
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Trade Off: Low vs High Self-Esteem

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  • Low: anxiety, loneliness, negativity, leads to depression
  • High: More initiative, doesn’t lead to higher achievement, less empathy and open mindedness
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Narcissism

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High self esteem with low empathy - care more about themselves than others
- Dangerous when challenged socially
- Children who get special treatment are more likely
- Product of extreme individualism

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Personal Pros of High Self-Esteem

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Value individual achievement and relationships, think they are worthy and good

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Self-Efficacy

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How competent we feel at a task

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Benefits of Self-Efficacy

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More persistent, healthy, successful, goal-oriented, less anxious and depressed

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Efficacy vs Esteem

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  • Efficacy is based in competence beliefs
  • Esteem is based in beliefs about worth
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Self-Serving Bias

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We are all biased to maintain our ego wherever that is

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Self-Serving Attributions

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We attribute success to us, and failure to external forces

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Explanatory Style

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A person’s habitual way of explaining life events. Can be depressive or optimistic

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Can We All be Better Than Average?

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No, but most people rate themselves higher than others on many scales, especially subjective behaviors

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Unrealistic Optimism

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  • We are predisposed to be optimistic about future events (especially compared to others)
  • This optimism increases vulnerability
  • It also increases feelings of efficacy
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Defensive Pessimism

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The adaptive value of anticipating problems and harnessing one’s anxiety to motivate effective action

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False Consensus Effect

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The tendency to overestimate how much people agree with you, especially when considering bad behaviors

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False Uniqueness Effect

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The tendency to underestimate how common your abilities and successes are

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Temporal Comparisons

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People tend to think they’re better than they used to be

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Self-Presentation: Handicapping

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  • Using excuses and behaviors to account for potential failures
  • Attributing failure to external forces
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Handicapping Behaviors

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  • Reduced preparedness
  • Giving opponents an advantage
  • Poor initial performance
  • Decreased Effort
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Impression Management: Self-Presentation

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We express ourselves the way we want to be perceived

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Impression Management: Self-Monitoring

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How we monitor our behavior and adjust according to the image we want

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Self-Presentation Theory

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  • We want to present the “good side” of ourselves
  • We have anxiety when we are motivated to impress others
  • Anxiety leads to “overpersonalizing” situations
  • We use things that reduce anxieties
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Perceived Self Control: Learned Helplessness

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  • Occurs when you feel that you have no control over repeated negative events
  • Leads to passivity
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Perceived Self Control: Too Much Choice

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Too much self-determination can make us feel bad when we realise we have less choice than we thought

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