Psychology Flashcards
is one of the most heavily researched
areas in social and personality psychology,
where concepts are introduced that beyond
our physical attributes, lies our psychological
identity.
Self
focuses on the
representation of an individual based on
his/her experiences.
Psychology of self
is a cognitive approach that focuses on the mental processes
rather than observable behavior.
Cognitive construction
this approach will assist individuals in assimilating new information
to their existing knowledge and will enable to make appropriate
modification to their existing intellectual framework to
accommodate new information
Cognitive construction
Father of Scientific Psychology,
scientific methods in studying the
“phenomenon of the consciousness”
(Aguire, et al, 2011) , urged in further
studies of the self and its role in
human behavior
Wilhem Wundt
Me-Self, I-Self
William James
classic distinction
between the self as knower (pure
ego) and the self as known
(empirical self) provides a useful
scheme within which to view the
many aspects of self functioning
William James
suggested that “the total self of ‘Me’, being as it were
duplex” is composed of “partly object and partly subject.”
William James
Components of the me-self
Spiritual self
Social self
Material self
consists of things that belong to us or that we belong
to. Things like family, clothes, our body, and money are some of
what make up our material selves.
Material self
our social selves are who we are in a given social
situation
Social self
is who we are at our
core.
◦ is more concrete or
permanent than the other two selves.
◦ is our subjective and
most intimate self.
Spiritual self
is a personality variable that
represents the way people generally
feel about themselves.
Global self-esteem
relatively enduring across time
and situations.
Global self-esteem
temporary feelings or momentary emotional
reactions to positive and negative events where we
feel good or bad about ourselves during these
situations or experiences.
State self-esteem