Self and Identity Flashcards
At the center of our worlds, more pivitol for us, any anything else …
is ourselves
The study of self and indentity is about who?
Me, you and everyone.
What historical factors led to the development of the self?
Secularisation
- Rewards in this life rather than the next.
Industrialization
- increased geographical mobility.
Enlightenment
- New Values system, such as democracy.
Education
- Increased social mobility.
Which culture notions to self is related with the following characteristics?
- Identity of connection with others
- We – group goals matters
- Disapproves Egotism
- Collective Asian and Third World.
Interdependent
Which culture notions to self is related with the following characteristics?
- Identity is me, individual goals
- What matters is me, my rights and achievements
- Disapproves Conformity
- Individualistic Western
Independent
The belief that others are paying more attention to our appearance and behavior then they actually are is known as …
The Spotlight Effect
- The Illusion that our concealed emotions can be easily read by others.
- Your fear of others in public speaking, cannot be read by others.
- Understanding the concept of Illusion of Transparency may increase speech quality and relaxed appearance.
This concept is known as the …
- Illusion of Transparency
We also … the visibility of our social blunders
overestimate
- A person’s answers to the question “Who am I?” is known as self-…
Concept
Belief about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information is known as …
- Self-schema
Schemas are…
- A set of cognitions about people and social experiences
- How we organize information in memory how the social word operates
- How we Provides a framework to categories, remember and interpret information about people and social experiences.
Person schemas are
- Specific people
- Your inferences of other people, not an inferences of themselves.
- Ie, your mother, who your mother is, it is your construction to you.
- Your mother may have a different schema about your grandmother.
Dependent on who you are and your relationship to this person
- Actual self – how you currently are.
- Ideal Self – how you would like to be
- Ought self – how you think you should be
These concepts are known as …
Self-discrepancy Theory
- We are not good at predicting future states of happiness or sadness
- Impact bias – overestimates the enduring impact of emotion-causing events
- Immune neglect – the tendency to underestimate the speed and strength of “psychological immune system”, which enables emotional recovery and resilience after bad things happens
This is known as ..
- Affective forecasting
SELF-ESTEEM is a modern condition which is simply
- Our overall-self-evaluation or sense of self-worth.
- The sum of all our self-schemas and possible selves.
What are some examples of high v low self-esteem
- Persistent and resilient in the face of failure vs vulnerable to impact of everyday events
- Emotionally and affectively stable vs wide sings in mood and affect
- Less flexible and malleable vs more flexible and malleable
- Less persuaded and influenced vs easily persuaded and influenced
- Less conflict between wanting and obtaining success and approval vs wanting of it but skeptical
- React positively to happy and success vs react negatively to it
- Self enhancement vs self-protective motivational orientation.
An inflated sense of self is known as …
NARCISSISM
What are some charactersitics of a person with NARCISSISM
- Lack of care for others
- Unable to take criticism
- Narcissists can be charming and entertaining
The tendency to perceive oneself favorably is known as
Self-serving bias.
- The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to oneself and negative outcome to other factors is known as …
- Self-serving attributions
“I know most people agreewith me that global warming threatens our future”
Which bias is this and what example is it of?
Self Serving Bias.
False concensus and uniqueness.
When couples cannot agree on the cause-effect sequence.
“I withdraw because you nag”
“I nag because I withdraw”
This is known as what in close relationships?
Attributional Conflict.
The of expressing oneself and behaving in ways designed to create a favourabe impression or an impression that corresponds to with one’s ideals is known as
Self Presentation
Being attuned to the way one presents oneself in social situations and adjusting ones performance to create the desired impression is known as
- Self Monitoring
A person who:
- Context specific, adapt and change behavior depending on the social settings
- High attuned to other people, good molders and adapters.
- Good at sales, being attuned to the customer.
- Adaptable and changeable
- May express attitudes they don’t hold;
- Are less likely to act on their attitudes
- May be less committed to relationships
- May perceived as dishonest
Are known as people with …
- High self-monitoring
People who:
- More consistent, less responsive to social settings
- More likely to say what they think or feel,
- Being true to their own values, more expressive.
- Can appear less sensitive to other’s feelings
- Are less likely to get along with others in social settings.
Are known as people with …
- Low Self monitoring
