lecture 11

Question 1

Some sources of Self-Awareness are…

Answer 1

social disruptions
– salience of self
– personality variable
– self-focusing stimuli`

Question 2

what are the Effects of Self Awareness

Answer 2

1) Self-Evaluation
Discrepancies? – If YES -> Negative affect

2) Behavioral Self-Regulation: a) Social Standards
Diener & Wallbom (1976)
– Students given chance to cheat
• Anagrams (e.g., “t e k b s a”)
• “stop when you hear the timer bell” – IV: 1⁄2 seated in front of mirror

b) Personal Standards
Gibbons (1978)
-premeasure of sex guilt

c) Activated Standards Vallacher & Solodky (1979)
External attribution: LUCK
Internal attribution: ABILITY

d) Standards from relational schemas Baldwin & Holmes, 1987 Undergraduate women
Guided visualization:
– Parents vs. Campus friends
Ten minutes later: Rate enjoyment of written
passages

Question 3

what is the process of self awareness

Answer 3

Self-focusing cue
Self-awareness
Self-evaluation
discrepancies? No-- positive effect, yes-- negative effect
if yes; then further broken down into; 
Escape Self-Awareness or Self-Regulation