Self perception Flashcards

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Social cognition

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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

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Self concept

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Sum total of an individual’s beliefs about their own personal attributes
Made of many self schemas
consists of: actual, ideal and ought self

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actual self

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who we really are

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ideal self

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Who we want to be ideally
Heavily influenced by society and those around us

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ought self

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who we should be

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Self schemas

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The way u process information abt certain traits about urself that are more important to you

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self perception

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who am I? how i think abt others influences how i show myself to others

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Internal cues aka self

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introspection, self perception, autobiographical memories

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self perception

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perceiving your behavior and inferring information based on that

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introspection

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Looking inward at own thoughts and feelings defined by self knowledge
gain knowlege abt inner workings

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autobiographical memories

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experiences, w out them we have no sense of self

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reminiscense bump

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Memories we tend to recall more often
From adolescence and early adulthood

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transitional bump

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Memories we tend to recall more often
Buy transitional period symolizing chapters

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flashbulb memories

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enduring detailed recollections that humans are biologically equipped for survival purposes to print dramatic events in memory
not always accurate or consistent over time

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bias in autobiographical memories

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we often exaggerate our own role in memories
biased as main character
As our self concept changes, so does our view of the past

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external cues - how others indfluence self concept

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social comparison, two factor theory of evolution, reflected self appraisal, socialisation

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social comparison theory

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theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others

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Two factor theory of emotion

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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

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Reflected self-appraisal

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inference of yourself based on how you think others view you

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Socialization

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the way you have been raised and interact with people

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Aspects of constructing a coherent self concept

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Focus on key traits
acessibility
selective memory

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focus on key traits

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traits we show more often, traits that are of value of us or how we’ve been told we should be
Self schemas

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Accessibility

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whatever is accessible to our brain and memory at a certain point in time

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Selective memory

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happens unconsciously, memories we select and hold more valuable

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looking glass effect

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Other ppl serve as a mirror to how we see ourselves

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