Self perception Flashcards
Social cognition
How we think about ousleves, others and social situations, and how these thoughts influence us
Levels of it
- Self perception
- Social perception
- Group perception
- Attitudes
Self concept
Sum total of an individual’s beliefs about their own personal attributes
Made of many self schemas
consists of: actual, ideal and ought self
actual self
who we really are
ideal self
Who we want to be ideally
Heavily influenced by society and those around us
ought self
who we should be
Self schemas
The way u process information abt certain traits about urself that are more important to you
self perception
who am I? how i think abt others influences how i show myself to others
Internal cues aka self
introspection, self perception, autobiographical memories
self perception
perceiving your behavior and inferring information based on that
introspection
Looking inward at own thoughts and feelings defined by self knowledge
gain knowlege abt inner workings
autobiographical memories
experiences, w out them we have no sense of self
reminiscense bump
Memories we tend to recall more often
From adolescence and early adulthood
transitional bump
Memories we tend to recall more often
Buy transitional period symolizing chapters
flashbulb memories
enduring detailed recollections that humans are biologically equipped for survival purposes to print dramatic events in memory
not always accurate or consistent over time
bias in autobiographical memories
we often exaggerate our own role in memories
biased as main character
As our self concept changes, so does our view of the past
external cues - how others indfluence self concept
social comparison, two factor theory of evolution, reflected self appraisal, socialisation
social comparison theory
theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others
Two factor theory of emotion
experience of emotion is based on two factors: psychological Self arousal and cognitive interpretation of that arousal
when we’re exposed to a stimulating event, we find a way to understand what we’ve just experienced
Reflected self-appraisal
inference of yourself based on how you think others view you
Socialization
the way you have been raised and interact with people
Aspects of constructing a coherent self concept
Focus on key traits
acessibility
selective memory
focus on key traits
traits we show more often, traits that are of value of us or how we’ve been told we should be
Self schemas
Accessibility
whatever is accessible to our brain and memory at a certain point in time
Selective memory
happens unconsciously, memories we select and hold more valuable
