Self And Identity

Question 1

What is self awareness and when does it develop

Answer 1

Self awareness is psychological state in which aware of self.
Lewis and Brooke-develops at around 18 months-growth of spindle cells.

Question 2

Difference of private and public self awareness

Answer 2

Private-aware of private aspects. Intensified emotional reaction
Public-public aspects-seen/evaluated. Adherence to social standards of behaviour

Question 3

Self awareness

Answer 3

Chronic self awareness
Private-more accurate self perception, more intense emotional, not I’ll health but depression
Public-adhere to group norms

Question 4

Theories of self comparison

Answer 4

Control theory of self regulation (carver and schieder)
Asses if meeting goals-test, operate, retest and exit. Can’t self regulate numerous aspects

Self discrepancy theory (Higgins)
Compare with self standard- actual/ideal/ought. want actual to match ideal and ought.

Question 5

Theories of individual comparison

Answer 5

Social comparison (festinger)
Upwards and downward comparison 

Self evaluation maintence (tesser)
Comparing someone who’s better could have negative affect. So deal with it by social reflection-drive sense of value from others successes. But only if domain irrelevant. 4 starts:exaggerate ability, change target, distance self and devalue dimensions

Question 6

Theories of group comparison

Answer 6

Social identity
2 important aspects-personal and social

Self categorisation (turner)
When social identity salient see as group features.
Jensen-distribute money

Question 7

What affects self esteem

Answer 7

Parenting style
Authoritive-demanding but repsponsive. High self esteem
Authoritarian-overly strict-low self esteem
Permissive-indulge. Low self esteem

Robins-meta analysis-self esteem varies over time

Question 8

Consequence of low and high self esteem

Answer 8

Low self esteem-don’t regulate mood well. Woods-more likely to dampen positive feels

High self esteem-aggression. Narcissism-ego threatened can be aggressive. Bushman-receive neg feedback of essay. Blast noise

Question 9

What can you do to enhance personal self

Answer 9

Self affirmation model-when esteem been threatened, publicly affirm positive characteristics. Steele-Mormon women

Self serving attribution-interpret events that is favourable of us. Success are internal

Question 10

Strategies to enhance social self

Answer 10

High status groups compare to low status groups.
Social change-compete to improve status
Social creativity-new dimensions

Basking in reflected glory-cialdin-students wearing appeal