Self concept
Who am I?
Is your self concept
group affiliations( race, religion, major)
social identity
priority is given to personal attributes and ones own goals
individualism
sense of competency
self efficacy
possible selves
self evaluation is formed by comparing to others
ex: big fish in al little pond
social comparisons
priority is given to the goals of ones groups, self identity is based on group traits
collectivism
extent that people perceive outcomes as either internally controllable or governed by outside forces
locus of control: internal vs external
beliefs about yourself that guide how you prcoess self relevant information
experiencing success raises self esteem
success and failure
may hold collectivist or individualist attitude depending on issue
political parties
passivity is result of learned helplessness
learned helplessness vesus self determination
self-insight is subject to error
limits of self insight (swim and hyer 1997, desert island)
actual judgments is not as important as perceived judgment
little romance survey, do you find this surprising?
made up statement
personal control poromotes better health and happiness
uncontrollable bad events- perceived lack of control-learned helplessness
overall self evaluation, self worth
self esteem
coin flipping
alussion of control
puzzles, anagrams: one side was solvable other side was not
learned helplessness