Self
In contemporary psychology, assumed to be the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions
Spotlight effect
Overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders
Self-esteem
Ones feelings of high or low self worth
Self-efficacy
One’s sense of competence and effectiveness
Excessive optimism
Natural positive thinking, can promote “unrealistic” ideals about future
Blindness to one’s own incompetence
Describes how people lack competence of their own shortcomings
Self-serving bias
A readiness to perceive one self favorably
Narcissism
Excessive self-love and self-absorption
Individualist
Giving priority to one’s own goals over group’s goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications
Collectivist
Giving priority to the goals of one’s group