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Social Psychology
Assoc. Prof.Dr Mohd Dahlan Hj. A.
Malek

lecture 2
The Self in a Social World
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Spotlights and Illusions
Interplay between sense of self and the
social world
Spotlight effect
Illusion of transparency
Social surroundings
Self-interest
Self-concern
Social relationships
Drug abuse
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
Our sense of self
Self-concept
Self-schemas (what we
perceiving ourselves)
Self-reference effect
Possible selves (our
vision)
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
Development of the social self
The roles we play
Social identity
Success and failure
Social comparisons
Other peoples judgments
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Who Am I?
The Self
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
Self and Culture
Individualism
Collectivism
Interdependent self
Cultural psychology
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
Self-knowledge
Explaining our behavior
Predicting our behavior
Predicting our feelings
The wisdom and
illusions of self-analysis

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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Esteem
Self-esteem: Overall self-evaluation of
self-worth
Self-esteem motivation
The dark side of self-esteem-low
self-esteem-drug abuse
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Self-Esteem
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Perceived Self-Control

Self-efficacy-predict
workers productivity
Locus of control
Learned helplessness
versus self-
determination
The costs of excess
choice
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Locus of Control
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Learned Helplessness
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Self-Serving Bias
Explaining positive and
negative events
Can we all be better than
average?
Unrealistic optimism
False consensus and
uniqueness
Explaining self-serving
bias
Reflections on self-esteem
and self-serving bias

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Self-Serving Bias
Reflections on self-
efficacy and self-
serving bias
The self-serving bias
as adaptive
The self-serving bias
as maladaptive
The group-serving bias
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How Self-Serving Bias Works
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Self-Presentation
False modesty (Present a different selt than they
feel)
Self-handicapping (protecting ones self by
excuse)
Impression management
Self-presentation
Self-monitoring
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Elements of the Self
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What Affects Self-Concept?
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Cultural Influences
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Cultural Influences
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Definition Self
Self-Efficacy-define
Self-concept
Self-schemas (what we perceiving
ourselves)
Self-reference effect-define
Possible selves (our vision)-define

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