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Overview Final pt 2
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- 1Private Self-Awarenessthe temporary state of being aware of hidden, private aspects of the self
a. Triggered by: physiological sensations, emotional experiences, and being directed toward self-awareness - 2Public Self-Awarenessthe temporary state of being aware of public self-aspects
Triggered by being watched by others; seeing oneself on camera or in a large mirror - 3Private Self-Consciousnessthe trait-like tendency to engage in private self-awareness
Positive outcomes: greater accuracy in self-knowledge, behave more, introspection as relaxation, body awareness, independent
Negative outcomes: intensification of negative emotions, avoidance of self - 4Public Self-Consciousnessthe trait-like tendency to engage in public self-awareness
outcomes: great concern of judgement from others, conform to grp norms, withdrawal from situation to avoid embarrassment - 5Self-conceptthe sum total of beliefs and feelings that comprise the self. Includes evaluation of the self or the self attitude called self-esteem.
- 6Self-esteemthe positivity of a person’s evaluation of the self; overall evaluation of one’s traits and self-features as good, bad, mediocre.
- 7Self-schemascognitive representations of features of the self that compose the self-concept.
- 8Explicitindividuals’ explicit, consciously formulated responses to questions about how they feel about and evaluate themselves
Consciously held attitudes about the self - 9Implicithighly efficient (rapid and automatic) evaluations of the self that occur unintentionally and outside of conscious awareness
- 10The Implicit Associations Testbased on the strength of cognitive associations between ideas and concepts
- 11Social comparisona cognitive comparison of the self to others (usually similar others) in terms of abilities, skills, traits, opinions
- 12Self-complexitythe degree to which the self-concept is composed of many different and varied beliefs about the self and roles for the self
- 13. Self-Appraisalthe desire for accurate feedback about oneself
-generally involves social comparison - 14. Self-enhancement: the wish for favorable information about the self
-embodies the “hot” perspective
an initial, affective reaction to information - 15. Self-verificationthe motivation to maintain consistent beliefs about the self
-embodies the “cold” perspective
subsequent cognitive evaluation of information as consistent w/ self-views or not - 16Executive function of the selfThe self as an agent, controller, decision maker; the initiator of action
- 17Positive illusionsfalse positive beliefs about the self that help individuals maintain positive self-esteem and optimism in the face of failures. Associated with positive mental health outcomes.
- 18Self-esteem variabilitydaily fluctuations in feelings about the self. The magnitude of short-term fluctuations in ongoing self-esteem; the extent to which one’s self-evaluation is changeable.
Processes involved in self-esteem variability (Kernis)
1) enhanced sensitivity to social evaluation events (pay more attention)
2) over-rely on social sources of evaluation in own self-evaluation
3) increased concern with own self-view
4) may react to evaluation with anger, hostility, fear - 19Self-efficacybeliefs and feelings about competence of the self. Can be overall or general as well as task or domain specific. Bandura’s concept of “can do.”
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- Social Psychology Flashcards on Overview Final pt 2, created by Gina Santisaranyu on 16/12/2019.
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