Social psychology

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Created on: 03-03-24 16:27

Self-construal

Person's views and knowledge about themselves is shaped through an active construal process that plays out interactions with social environment. This process is motivate by how one would like to see oneself

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Self

- Biology, temperament and social experiences (e.g. attachment)
- Diverse expressions that evolve because of society
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Active part of the self

Power to shape functioning and life circumstances

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Being aspect

- Descriptive part of the self, beliefs and feelings about yourself - things you would list when describing yourself, and self esteem, elaborate knowledge and feeling structure - organised systems of beliefs, feelings, values and expectations and goals

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Desired self

Potential selves and wishes and aspirations (ideal self) and the duties and obligations (ought self) that we are, or our significant others hold for us

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The self

a symbolic construct, it reflects, consciousness of our own identity, awareness that we exist as an individual, separate from other individuals.

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Self-awareness

- A psychological state in which people are aware of their traits, feelings, and behaviours.
- turning our attention inwards, and becoming the object of your own consciousness. This can happen when looking in the mirror, hearing your own voice/video of s

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Lewis and Brooks (1978)

- Out a spot of rouge on the nose of babies and then put them in front of a mirror.

- Babies between 9 months and 2 years treated mirror image as another child, showing no interest on the spot on their nose.

- Around 18 months, children recognised that

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Private vs public self awareness

Private – evoked when looking in a mirror or experiencing physiological arousal
Public – evoked when giving a presentation or being photographed or filmed.

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