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Understanding The Self Reviewer For Midterms
Understanding The Self Reviewer For Midterms
Understanding The Self Reviewer For Midterms
B. Concepts of Self
Self in the Social World
Identity – composed of personal/social characteristics/ Self-esteem – positive/negative evaluation or concept of
social roles and responsibilities / affiliation that define us who we are
Self-Concept – personal/things that comes to your mind Social Comparison
as supposed to who you are o Upward Social Comparison – comparing yourself
o Both are constant/ not fixed/ over changing to someone ‘higher’ than you are
mental constructs o Downward Social Comparison – compare yourself
Self-Schema – organized systems/ collection of to someone lower than you are
knowledge Self-Evaluation Maintenance Theory – states that we feel
threatened when somebody out performs us or is better
Hobbies
than us
o 3 Reactions when someone is better that us
We distance ourselves
We reconsider our skills
Family Self Nationality
Religion