Self-Concept and Identity 6.1 [HY] Flashcards

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Self-Concept

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  • Our awareness of ourselves as distinct from others
  • self-concept goes
    beyond self-schemata; it also includes our appraisal of who we used to be and who we will become.
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Self-schema

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  • The ways in which we define ourselves, a self-given label that
    carries with it a set of qualities
    -Ex. “athlete self-schema”
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Identity

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The individual components of our self-concept related to the groups to which we belong.

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What does it mean if someone is Undifferentiated?

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Low feminine and masculine traits

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Hierarchy of salience

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  • we let the situation dictate which identity holds the most importance for us at any given moment
  • Salience is determined by a number of factors, including
    the amount of work we have invested into the identity, the rewards and gratification associated with the identity, and the amount of self-esteem we have associated with the identity.
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Self-discrepancy theory

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  • each of us has three selves
  • Actual Self: self-concept
  • Ideal Self: person we
    would like to be
  • Ought self: representation of the way others think we should be
  • Closer they are to one another, the higher self-esteem, lower the self-esteem the more critical of themselves
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Learned helplessness

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an individual can develop
a perceived lack of control over the outcome of a situation

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Locus of control

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refers to the way we characterize the influences in
our lives.

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