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Reflexive thought

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Distinction from other animals

Humans are able to think about who we are would like to be and want to be seen by others

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Cognitive constructs

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self and identity are cognitive constructs that influence social interaction and perception

themselves are influenced by society

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Psychoanalysis Freud

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self as hard to understand and analyze (because of the depth of the conscious)

Freud: unsocialise and selfish libinal impulses (the ID) are REPRESSED by internalisied societal norms (the SUPEREGO)

Can come to surface by hypnosis or psychotherapy:

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Psychodynamic self

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Freud: unsocialise and selfish libinal impulses (the ID) are REPRESSED by internalisied societal norms (the SUPEREGO)

Can come to surface by hypnosis or psychotherapy

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Collective self

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Description of other selves, we/us, grounded in group life, group minds

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Individual self

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Description of an individual, myself/me

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Symbolic interactionism

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G.H Measure: Human interaction creates the self and is largely symbolic

We interact with words/non-verbal cues that contain more meaning and symbolizes more than behavior

Symbols of interaction must have shared meanings (eg. lets eat it=both know variety of choices)

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Looking-glass self

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Seeing oneself like others do

Studies: people tend to see themselves as they thought others saw them

Problem: We are not actually able to take the role of another person

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Self-construal motivations

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Our motives to view others and be viewed

We try to improve our self-image

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Self-enhancing triad

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We overestimate our good points, control over events, have unrealistic optimism

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Role of public/private self-presentation

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We present ourselves different in private than we would do in public

Self-conception goes into direction of action in public

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Self awareness

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Self awareness is a process in which we pay attention and sense ourselves as an object

Comes and goes and has a huge impact on our lives

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Objective self-awareness

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To be aware of yourself as an object

Fascinated by everything that brings our attention on being an object (mirror/be in front of audience)

We try to bring our self closer to our ideal standards, overcome shortcomings to avoid negative emotions

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Self-awareness theory

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We can be aware of:

Private-self: private thoughts, feelings, attitudes

We try to match our behavior to internalized standards

Public self: public image, how others see us

Try to present yourself to others in a positive light

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Deindividuation

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When people lose their sense of socialized individual identity (eg. though alcohol)

Can’t control their actions, engage in unsocialised/antisocial behavior (engage impulsively)

Reduced objective self-awareness/opposite of self-awareness

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Self schemas

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Similar to schemas but more complex and varied

Attributes that we feel like make us different from others

Different CONTEXTS activate different nodes/aspects of self

We use them in a strategic way (inflexible/clearly divided schemas have disadvantages)

Priming positive/negative self-schema can highly affect our mood and this highly affects our mood

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Self-concept

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No single brain system/area is responsible for our sense of self

Complex and multi-faceted, large number of discrete/separated/single schemas

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Integrated self schemas

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are better for us

EG. James believes: amazing cook/awful musician

Sally believes good cook/not great musician = less boundaries and mood swings

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Schematic and aschematic

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On some dimensions we have more of a clear self-concept than on others

Depends on what’s important to us (eg. convinced of being creative)

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Self-discrepancy theory (Higgins 1987)

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Theory about the consequences of comparing us to our ideal self

Three different types of self-schema

Actual self=How we actually are
Ideal self=How we want to be
Ought self=How we think we should be

Self-guides=Ideal/ought self mobilizes different types of self-related behavior

Self regulation=Strategies we use to match our behavior to the ideal/ought standards

Emotional vulnerability=Self-discrepancies make us emotional vulnerable, and priming an ideal/ought self can make us feel sad/agitated

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Regulatory focus theory

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People have two separate self-regulation systems

Linked to self-discrepancy and self-regulation

Promotion-focused people=Look for inspiration/role models/strategies to achieve success

Show motivation on tasks to achieve gains/non-gains

Prevention-focused people=try to avoid failures and negative events

Have negative role models
Motivation on tasks based on loses/non-loses

We are habitually either one or other, depends a lot on our influences in childhood (Reinforcement)

Studies: the promotion focus can lead to behavioral tendencies towards group/against outgroup

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Making inferences from our behavior

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We learn about ourselves by examining internal cues (private thoughts/feelings )

If these are weak, we learn through making inferences of our own behavior about ourselves

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Self-perception theory

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We make internal/external attribution for our behavior, especially on task performance

Internal attribution/intrinsic interests
=Self-motivation, Working because we enjoy it, often better performance

External attribution/extrinsic rewards
=Working because it pays off, less commitment, avoid challenges

Overjustification effect=Our motivation increases by free will (intrinsic motivation)
Especially if external determinants for our behavior are absent

Trick =Focus more on rewards that are performance contingent than task contingent

Performance-contingent=Characteristics of performance (eg. listening to music while running)

Task-contingent=Features of the task (counting calories while running)

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Social comparison theory (Festingers 1954)

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People want to be confident that they behave, think and feel in the right way

We compare ourselves with others and try to adapt a socially approved way of thinking
especially to groups we feel we belong

Performance wise =Make downward comparisons (positive self concept)
(Often occur between groups „we are better than you“)

Upward-comparisons (harmful effect on our self-esteem)
(EG. Silver-medalist, upward comparisons, bronze-medalist downward-comparison)

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Self-evaluation maintainable model (Abraham Tesser 1988)

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Peoples self-esteem can be damaged by making upward comparisons

therefore they distance from the relationship

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„Basking in reflected glory“ Cialdini 1976

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„Stick to the cool kids“

Improve self-impression by linking oneself with desirable group/people

Also describe/evaluate others in terms of the group they belong to

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Self-complexity

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High self-complexity: indipendent aspects of self

Low: more similar set of selves

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Personal identity

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Self defined in our unique characteristics that separate us from others

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Individual relational self

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attributes that define how we relate to other individuals (form close personal relationships)

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Individual relational self

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attributes that define how we relate to other individuals (form close personal relationships)

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Social identity

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Part of self concept we form from our membership in social groups and our shared attributes with others

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Collective relational self

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How self as group member relates to other group members and outgroups

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Three types of self according to Brewer and Gorder 1996

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Individual self=Based on personality traits that make us different from others

Relational self=Based on our relationships with people that are important to us and our roles

Collective self=Based on our group membership and what makes „us“ different from „them“

Example of relational self that can also be type of collective self: women in East Asia are more collectivist than Western Europeans (especially men)

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Four types of identity (Brewer 2001)

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  1. person-based social identities
    By internalizing group properties, they become part of our self-concept
  2. relational social identities
    When we define our self in relation to specific others in a group context
    Who interacts with who?
  3. group-based social identities
    Same as social identity= define self in terms of group membership
  4. collective individuals
    Due to process=group defines an image of what they stand for and how they want to be viewed by others
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Self-coherence

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We want to feel like a stable person
Maintain an integrated picture of who we are

Difficult for people who suffer schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease

Strategies to construct coherent/steady sense of self (Baumeister 1998)
Get rid of inconsistencies

Work on autobiography, add new identities

Restrict life to limited set of contexts

Actor-observer effect, Self-schemas

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Actor-observer effect

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Attribute changes in self to external circumstances rather than internal changes

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Self-categorization theory

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Process of categorizing oneself as group member

Results in a social identity and group/intergroup behavior

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Self assessment

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Get accurate and valid „true“ information about yourself

Find out what kind of person you really are

Greater self reflection on pheriphal then on central traits of self

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Self-verification

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We prefer information consistent with our own self-image

Also on a group level to verify social identity

Greater self reflection on pheriphal then on central traits of self

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Self-enhancement

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We are motivated to get information that makes us look good

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3 classes of motives interacting for self-instruction and search for self knowledge

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Self-knowledge leads to a good life and people are highly motivated to receive self-knowledge

  1. self-assessment
  2. self-verification
  3. self-enhancement
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Self-esteem

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Means the feeling about and evaluation of oneself

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Automatic egoism

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Avoid self-confrontation, make external attributions for failures

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Self-enhancing triad (Shelley Taylor and Jonathan Brown 1988)

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3 characteristics to enhance our self-image
1. overestimate our good points

Above-average effect
Self-conceptual positivity bias

  1. our control over events
  2. unrealistic optimism
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Conceptual accurancy

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Feeling good about oneself needs to be balanced

Self-conceptual positivity bias normally small enough to not be serious threat

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Stigma

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attributes of group that transfer a negative social evaluation of people belonging to the group

People belonging to stigmatised groups are good at avoiding self-esteem consequences

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Narcissm

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Personality trait that is

Volatile (schwankend/explosiv)
Especially when it comes to self-esteem
Narcissistic personalities more prone to aggression

Comprising (umfassend)
Inflated self-love and view on oneself
Difference to high self-esteem: they can‘t take criticism

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Terror management theory

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People make use of their self-esteem to overcome the fear of death

High self-esteem makes people feel good about themselves = immortal, positive, excited about life

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Self esteem as a sociometer

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Indicator: Reliable index of social acceptance and belonging (internal monitor)

Self esteem reduces anxiety, social rejection and exclusion

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