lecture 7

Question 1

what is Self-Knowledge:

Answer 1

“Who am I?”

Question 2

what is • Self-Evaluation:

Answer 2

“How good/bad am I?” •

Question 3

what is Self-Regulation:

Answer 3

Control of behaviour.

Question 4

what is the difference between ‘I’ and ‘me’

Answer 4

– “I” subject, agent

– “Me” object of thought

Question 5

what is Subjective Self-awareness

Answer 5

Distinguish between self and environment

Question 6

what is Objective Self-awareness

Answer 6

– Simple representation of self

Question 7

what is Symbolic Self-awareness

Answer 7

– Complex, abstract representation of self

Question 8

what is Declarative self-knowledge

Answer 8

– self-schemas

Question 9

what is Procedural self-knowledge

Answer 9

– heuristics and mental habits for thinking about oneself

Question 10

what are the Aspects of Self

Answer 10

) Material self

2) Spiritual Self
3) Social Self

Question 11

what is Material self

Answer 11

– The bodily self

– Possessions

Question 12

what is Spiritual Self

Answer 12

– Based on Private self-aspects:

• Thoughts (e.g., will, reasoning, problem solving) • Feelings (e.g., passions, worries)

Question 13

what is Social Self

Answer 13

– Based primarily on Public self-aspects: how
seen by others
– a) Individual: what identifies you as a particular individual person
• Personality traits • Abilities
• Preferences
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b) Relational: as you are in specific relationships
• Self-with-other
c) Collective: as a member of a group
• Ethnic/religious
• Stigmatized groups • Political affiliation
• Occupational group

Question 14

what is the Self-Construal Processes

Answer 14

1) Observation:
contingency between external and internal
• stubbing toe and feeling pain
• feeling of agency in movement • the sense of one’s location as
derived from visual cues: “optic flow”

2) Assimilation and Differentiation
– ways in which self is similar to and different from others
• Similar to others:
– E.g., Self-stereotyping: taking on the characteristics (positive and even negative) of a desired group identity
• (e.g., “sorority sisters are sociable, confident superficial, and snobby…and so am I!”)

Different from others – E.g., Distinctiveness
• McGuire et al.
– White students mention race 1% of time – Black students mention race 17%
– Average weight kids mention weight 37% – Heavy or light kids mention weight 52%
– Mention gender if distinctive in family situation

3) Self-Narrative of autobiographical memory:
– “Identity” – a sense of unity, oneness
– comes in large part from autobiographical
memory, with selected information integrated in a self-narrative