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    CH 5 Self

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    This document discusses several aspects of the psychology of the self, including self-recognition which develops in the first two years of life, self-awareness which leads to social comparisons, and self-concept which is built through experiences and interactions and directs attention and behavior. It also discusses self-schema as one's understanding of their self-concept, self-complexity in having multiple roles, and self-esteem as the value one places on themselves based on comparing their ideal and real selves. Maintaining self-esteem involves self-evaluative maintenance, social comparisons, and using self-serving bias to interpret success and failure.

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    This document discusses several aspects of the psychology of the self, including self-recognition which develops in the first two years of life, self-awareness which leads to social comparisons, and self-concept which is built through experiences and interactions and directs attention and behavior. It also discusses self-schema as one's understanding of their self-concept, self-complexity in having multiple roles, and self-esteem as the value one places on themselves based on comparing their ideal and real selves. Maintaining self-esteem involves self-evaluative maintenance, social comparisons, and using self-serving bias to interpret success and failure.

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    This document discusses several aspects of the psychology of the self, including self-recognition which develops in the first two years of life, self-awareness which leads to social comparisons, and self-concept which is built through experiences and interactions and directs attention and behavior. It also discusses self-schema as one's understanding of their self-concept, self-complexity in having multiple roles, and self-esteem as the value one places on themselves based on comparing their ideal and real selves. Maintaining self-esteem involves self-evaluative maintenance, social comparisons, and using self-serving bias to interpret success and failure.

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    CH 5 Self

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    This document discusses several aspects of the psychology of the self, including self-recognition which develops in the first two years of life, self-awareness which leads to social comparisons, and self-concept which is built through experiences and interactions and directs attention and behavior. It also discusses self-schema as one's understanding of their self-concept, self-complexity in having multiple roles, and self-esteem as the value one places on themselves based on comparing their ideal and real selves. Maintaining self-esteem involves self-evaluative maintenance, social comparisons, and using self-serving bias to interpret success and failure.

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    Psychology of the Self

    The Self

    Self-recognition
    Recognition of objectified self in
    pictures, mirrors, videos.
    Develops over 1st two years.
    Accompanied by development of
    emotions such as guilt and shame.

    Self-awareness
    Leads to comparisons with others and
    affects our behaviourself-discrepancy
    theory.

    The Self

    Self concept
    All the learned beliefs, attitudes and
    opinions that we hold to be true about
    our personal existence.
    The image we have of ourselves, good
    or bad.
    Directs what we pay attention to and
    affects how we interact with others.

    Self-Concept

    Self-concept is built through all the


    interactions and experiences we have.
    We also recognize and make use of the
    cultural patterns of our society.
    This is how we "know who we are," that
    is, each of us acquires a self-concept.
    Our self-concept affects how we respond
    and interact with others.

    The Self

    Self-schema

    Our understanding of our self-concept.


    Everything about yourself that is important to
    you,

    e.g., loving your parents, being loyal, being


    honest, supporting your friends, being a good
    student.

    Affects our processing of information in relation


    to ourselvesself-referential processing.
    Determines our working self-concept, what we
    consider makes us distinct (and important) at
    any given point in time.

    The Self

    Self-complexity
    We define ourselves in different ways, e.g.,
    student, child, parent, athlete, teacher, boss,
    employee, etc.
    Emphasize different aspects of our self-concept
    in each of these roles, and change our
    behaviour with each person we interact with.

    The Self

    Self-esteem
    The value we place on ourselves.
    A judgement that we make about our
    worth.
    How much we like ourselves.
    Level relates to the difference between
    our ideal self and the real self, based
    on our self-concept.

    The Self

    Self-esteem
    Self-serving bias

    An innate tendency to want to see ourselves


    positively.
    Tend to ignore negative feedbackjunk mail
    metaphor.

    Both high and low self-esteem


    individuals hold positive illusions:

    Overestimate own skills and abilities.


    Overestimate level of control over events
    Unrealistic predictions of future success .

    Maintaining Self-Esteem

    Maintaining Self-Esteem

    Self-evaluative Maintenance
    We act to support our self-esteem.

    Social Comparisons
    Compare our performance with others.
    The standard then affects our self-esteem.

    Use Self-serving Bias


    Interpret success and failure in the context of
    our self-esteem.

    High self-esteem: Credit self for success and blame


    failure on outside circumstances.
    Low self-esteem: Credit outside circumstances for
    success and blame failure on self.

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