class 7 jd snof

Self-Concept

People's beliefs and evaluations about themselves that guide their decisions and actions.

Self-Enhancement

The drive to promote and protect a positive self-view, leading to better mental and physical health, higher motivation, but also riskier decisions and slower recognition of mistakes.

Self-Verification

The motivation to confirm and maintain our self-concept, seeking confirming feedback and dismissing feedback contrary to our self-concept.

Self-Evaluation

Self-esteem, self-efficacy, and locus of control contribute to self-evaluation, with higher self-evaluation associated with internal locus of control.

Social Self

Social identity theory explains how people are motivated to maintain and enhance their positive self-concept through association with certain groups, leading to the distinction between ingroup and outgroup.

Perception

The process of receiving information and making sense of the world around us, influenced by selective attention and perceptual grouping.

Selective Attention

The process of attending to some information while ignoring others, affected by the characteristics of the perceiver and the object perceived, and prone to biases like confirmation bias.

Perceptual Grouping

The nonconscious process of simplifying our understanding of the world by reducing information volume and complexity, using categorical thinking and assumptions based on past experiences.

Perception in Organizational Context

Understanding perception processes is important in organizations because individuals perceive and interpret experiences differently based on biases, preferences, and past experiences.