Intro to the Self (sept.23)

Question 1

self knowledge = ____

Answer 1

Who am I?

Question 2

self evaluation = ____

Answer 2

How good/bad am I?

Question 3

self regulation = ____

Answer 3

control of behavior

Question 4

Gallup Rouge Test (self-recognition)

Answer 4

• chimp in a room with a mirror
• first responded as if it were another chim
• began to recognize themself
• put red dot on their forehead
• touched their face more with the red dot implying they new it was themselves and they saw it was there on them

Question 5

What was the Gallup Rouge test replicated with?

Answer 5

replicated with children, self-recognition develops around 18 months

Question 6

What is subjective self-awareness?

Answer 6

distinguish between self and environment

Question 7

What is objective self-awareness?

Answer 7

simple representation of the self (mirror test)

- chimps, dolphins, elephants, other apes

Question 8

What is symbolic self-awareness?

Answer 8

complex and abstract representation

• distinctly human?
• langauge is an indication of this?

Question 9

What are three aspects of the self?

Answer 9

(1) material self (body, possessions, etc.)
(2) spiritual self (private, thoughts, feelings, reasoning, problems solving)
(3) social self (how you are seen by others)

Question 10

What are aspects of the social self?

Answer 10

• relational (self with other, specific relationship)
• collective (as a memeber of a group)
• individual (personal traits, abilites, preferences)

Question 11

How do self schemas work?

Answer 11

the same as other schemas and forms of social knowledge

• chronic accessability
• temporary accessability
• implicit effects (subliminal primes)

Question 12

What are the Self Construal Processes?

Answer 12

(1) observation
(2) assimilation and differentiation
(3) self-narrative (autobiographical memory)
(4) self perception theory
(5) social construction

Question 13

What is the observation process?

Answer 13

• external observation (things around me
• internal observation (thoughts, feelings, bodily sensation)
• contingency between internal and external
• –feeling agency (telling your hand to move)
• –stub toe and feel pain

Question 14

What is the assimilation and differentiation process?

Answer 14

• examine ways in which the self is similar to and different from others
• similar = self stereotyping = taking on characteristics of a desired group identity
• different = stand out
• –ex black student mention race when talking about identity way more than white students do

Question 15

What is the self narrative process?

Answer 15

• the unity of ideas and memories we have about ourself

- very selective which memories end up in your narrative

Question 16

What do the self construal processes do?

Answer 16

Self construal process help form our self schemas

Question 17

What is the self perception theory?

Answer 17

we infer our own internal states in a similar way to consturing other people’e behavior (from observing behavior and situation)

Question 18

What is social construction?

Answer 18

our sense of self comes from social feedback

(a) intersubjectivity
(b) symbolic interactionism
(c) self-presentation