Chapter 3 Flashcards
Self-knowledge
Our knowledge of ourself, often inaccurate/incomplete
- Automatic processing
- Underestimates the Power of the Situation
Self-schemas
People’s beliefs and feelings about themselves
- based on experiences
- organizes self-image
- resistant to change
Origins of the sense of self
Family – directly shapes our trait
Reflected self-appraisals
Our beliefs about how others react to us
*we internalize how others seems to see us (and the feeling may not be accurate) and can hold feedback loops.
Situationism
The notion that social self changes across diferent context
Working self-concept
Subset of self-knowledge that’s brought to mind in a particular context.
aka: Which part of ourselves is relevant to the current situation?
The elements of the working self-concept that remain the same throughout time and space
Core aspects, overall view, stable contexts
Self-construal
How we interpret and define who we are.
Independent self-construal
Self is distinct and separate from others; emphasizes enduring traits
- self experienced in the 1st person narrative
Interdependent self-construal
Self is fundamentally connected to others; focuses on the situation
- self depicted from a 3rd person perspective
Gender differences arise from () and the differing raising methods have fundamentally shaped the personalities.
Socialization
Social Comparison Theory
People compare themselves to others to judge their own characteristics
*Most common when standard is ambiguous
Downward social comparison
Compare with ppl slightly inferior to us; useful for self-esteem
Upward social comparison
Compare with ppl slightly superior to us; useful for self-improvement
Social media provide opportunities for (___-___), and passive use of social media can increase ___ and ____ ____.
comparison-overload; envy; negative emotions
