Self + Identity Flashcards
Self and identity consists of what 2 views
Individual + collective views
Largest contributor of competence across all ages
Physical appearance
Weinstein Unrealistic Optimism definition
Underestimating through exaggerating the likelihood of future events from occurring compared to average
Underestimating likelihood their marriage ending compared to what actually occurs
What is their a bias towards in the Weinstein unrealistic optimism
Positive
Self concept definition
Mental picture of ourselves and our behaviours
By what age can a child categories age/gender and appearance in developing self concept
2 years old
Older children can develop what in self concept
Internal attributes like feelings
Theory of mind is acquired at what age?
Who has poor theory of mind
4 years old
Autistic children
Impression formation definition
Using appearance clues to map onto personality traits
Which impressions are important?
What does it encompass in terms of memory
First and Last impressions
Primacy effect + regency Effect
In terms of speed of change, what is stereotyping
Slow to change
When we forget any abnormalities in a group when stereotyping, what is this called
negative memory bias
Cognitive miser definition
when is it used
Assimilating large amounts of social information
stereotyping
Stereotyping is what type of processing
Top down
What 4 factors are determinants of liking
Physical attractiveness
Proximity
Familiarity
Similarity
