Me, Myself and I Flashcards
What did Tajfel and Turner (1979) split identity into?
social identity
personal identity
identify the researcher(s) who split the types of self into 3 distinct types
Brewer and Gardner (1996)
what is ‘individual self’?
personal characteristics that distinguish you from others
what is ‘relational self’?
dual relationships with the people around you
this is effected by the people around you
what is ‘collective self’?
refers to group membership
who you belong in a group
what is self-awareness?
described as a psychological state
individuals not aware of ourselves all the time
explain the mirror test
(Gallup, 1970)
- used to examine whether infants or animals have self-awareness
- placed child in-front of mirror
- let child see their reflection
- child taken away from mirror
- bright marker is put on child’s face
- researchers see if child touches mark on themselves or on reflection in mirror
how does one pass the mirror test?
- child must demonstrate the ability to use reflection to view mark on body
- looking at if child touches the mark seen in the reflection or the mark on themselves
- if they touch reflection = indication of no self-awareness
- if they touch the mark on themselves = indicates understanding that reflection is themselves and not another person –> showing self-awareness
identify two types of self
- private self
- public self
explain ‘private self’
private self refers to thoughts, feelings and attitudes
explain ‘public self’
refers to social image
this can be seen and evaluated by others
explain chronic self-awareness
- aka self-consciousness
- very stressful
- individual constantly aware of imperfections
- split into two types: heightened private and heightened public self-awareness
explain heightened private self-consciousness
- more inward looking/thinking of oneself
- results in more accurate perception of oneself due to being more aware of internal state
- more likely to adhere to personal beliefs as individual more focused on them
- less stress related illnesses as individual is attending to their personal state due to being more aware
- inward looking can lead to neuroticism (abnormally sensitive) and depression
- associated with more intense experience of emotion
explain heightened public self-consciousness
- more outward looking
- focused on attention/perception of others
- associated with nervousness
- linked to low self-esteem as very focused on what others think
- tend to adhere to group norms to avoid embarrassment
- individuals very focused on how they look due to external focus looking at themselves
- also focused on how others look
explain reduced self-awareness
- can result in deindividuation
- this is where individual identifies with large group and is less likely to monitor own behaviour as a result
- results in more risky, reckless, impulsive behaviour