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Self-Awareness
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A brainstorm to outline various aspects of self-awareness.
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self-awareness
social psychology
c81soc
self
identity
maintenance
esteem
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Self-Awareness
Types of Self and Identity
Tajfel & Turner (1979)
Social
Personal
Brewer & Gardner (1996)
Individual
"friendly"
Relational
"mother"
Collective
"student"
Carver & Scheier (1981)
Private
Thoughts and attitudes
Public
Social image
Chronic Self-Awareness
Stressful
Avoidance behaviour
Drinking
Suicide
Heightened Private
Intense emotion
Accurate self perception
Adhere to personal beliefs
Less stress illnesses
Heightened Public
Focus on others' perception
Nervousness
Low self-esteem
Adhere to group norms
Concern with physical appearnace
Reduced Self-Awareness
Deindividuation
No self-behaviour monitoring
Impulsiveness
Recklessness
Self-Knowledge
Self-Schemas
Act, think, behave
Self-schemetic
Important part of self concept
Aschematic
Not important part of self concept
Self-concept
Past, present, future
Self Motives
Self-Assessment
Accurate and valid info
Seek truth
Self-Verification
Conform
Seek consistency
Self-Enhancement
Maintain good image
Seek favourable info
Self-affirmation thoery
Self-serving attribution bias
Self-Esteem
Self-Enhancing Triad
+ positive adpects
+ control over events
Unrealistc optimism
Psychologically Adaptive
Low-self esteem associated with mental health issues
Social Identity
Validating self-concept
Self-Maintanence
How it Should Be
Carver & Scheier (1981, 1998)
Control Theory of Self-Regulation
Assess whether goals are met
Test - operate to change - test - exit
Private/public standard
Higgins (1987)
Self-Discrepancy Theory
Actual (present), ideal (like to be), ought (should be)
Motivate to change
Ideal not reached = dejection
Ought not reached = agitation
Other Individuals
Festinger (1954)
Social Comparison Theory
Objective benchmark in similar people
Upward/downward comparisons
Tesser (1998)
Self-Evaluation Maintnance
Upward social comparison
Exaggerate target ability
Change target
Distance self from target
De-value comparison dimension
Basking in reflected glory
Other Groups
Turner et al. (1987)
Self Categorisation Theory
Internalising group attributes
Collective self
Meta-contrast principle
BIRGing
Group cateogirsation salient = self depersonalised
Tajfel & Turner (1979)
Social Identity Theory
Personal Identity
Personal attributes
Traits
Relationships
Social Identity
Group membership
Inter-group behaviour/norms
Cultural Differences
Individualistic
Independent self
Autonomous
Focus on internal
Stable across situations
Own goals and differences
Collectivist
Interdependent self
Connected to others
Embedded to social context
Changing across situations
Group goals and harmony
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