8A self identity

What are the two components of self concept?

Identity:Identity based on interactions with others

Self evaluation: Interactions with ourselves

What is the hierarchy of salience?

Ranked order of identities of a person

Difference between ideal and real self described by Rogers?

What about the self-discrepancy theory's IDEAL self, ACTUAL self and OUGHT self?

Rogers: The way we would LIKE to be vs the way we CURRENTLY think of ourselves

Self-discrepancy: Ideal is ALSO how we would LIKE to be.

Actual is similar to REAL as its how we currently view OURSELVES

Ought is the way WE think OTHERS want us us to be

What is a major contributor to a negative self esteem?

When our ideal, real/actual, and ought self DO NOT ALIGN

What are the 3 main stages of Kohlberg Morality? What are the main idea of each? What about relative ages

Preconventional(Child): Punishment/Reward

Conventional (adolescent): Nice or obeys Law

Post-conventional: Social contract, greater good

What is considered a peer group?

A group that is elf-selected and holds similar interests,age and status

Ex: A college student is part of a club with other students\

NOT an Ex: All public officials of the same age in the same city BECAUSE they may have different statuses/positions!

What is aligning actions? What is ingratiation? What is the tactical self?

Aligning actions: Use excuses to make questionable behavior acceptable

Ingratiation: Making oneself likable to others to gain favor.

Tactical self: A version of oneself presented in specific social contexts to achieve certain goals.

What is the difference between incongruence and social comparison

Incongruence is dependent on internal misalignment while social comparison determines self-worth based on their comparison to others.