Final Textbook 15 Flashcards
“me”
includes everything we hold dear, not just our personality traits
body, home, possessions, and even family members
includes everything we hold dear, not just our personality traits
body, home, possessions, and even family members
“me”
self
our psychological nature: our abilities and our personalities
our psychological nature: our abilities and our personalities
self
self-regulation
the ability to restrain impulses and maintain focus on long-term
the ability to restrain impulses and maintain focus on long-term
self-regulation
information-processing filter
purpose of the self
guiding us to pay attention to and remember the information that really matters to us, as well as to keep it organized
purpose of the self
guiding us to pay attention to and remember the information that really matters to us, as well as to keep it organized
information-processing filter
third purpose of the self
relate to others
relate to others
third purpose of the self
identity
purpose of the self
remind us of where we fit in
purpose of the self
remind us of where we fit in
identity
two types of self-knowledge
declarative and procedural knowledge
def of self-knowledge: internal marker on the map that says “you are here”
declarative knowledge
the facts and impressions that we consciously know and can describe
the facts and impressions that we consciously know and can describe
declarative knowledge
procedural knowledge
expressed through actions rather than words
e.g. shy person avoid other people and social interaction whenever possible, might not consciously realize they do this
declarative self
comprises two kinds of knowledge or opinions you have about your own personality
self esteem and the self-schema
self-esteem
overall opinion about whether you are good or bad, worthy or unworthy, or somewhere in between
overall opinion about whether you are good or bad, worthy or unworthy, or somewhere in between
self-esteem
high self-esteem advantages
good for relationships, can be more open
low self-esteem
might literally be a danger signal (have evolutionary roots)
self-enhance
think they are better than the other people who know them think they are
think they are better than the other people who know them think they are
self-enchance
gender differences in self esteem
-men have higher self esteem
3 historical reasons
- men and women are not equals, so they’re self esteem was about equal across genders
- gender barriers break down, women increasingly become aware of their disadvantaged position, difference in self-esteem grows
- instead of blaming self for differences, blame the system so self-esteem isn’t too different
