Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness

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

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