PBSI the Self

The self

Sense of who you are a person

• Thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and memories about yourseld

Self-Knowledge

You are aware of yourself

Interpersonal Self

You exist in the context of others

Agent Self

You act as an agent over yourseld

Private self-awareness

Looking inward at private parts of the seld

Public self awareness

Looking outward at public aspect of the self that others can observe and evaluate

Introspection

The prcoess by which a peron examines he contents of his or her mental states

Situationism

Thoery that changes in human behavior are factors of the situation rather than the traits a person possesses

Working self concepts

A subset of self knowledge that is brought to mind in a particular context

Self Construals

How people view themselves at a fundamental level

Independent Self-Construals

Self is an autonomous entity that is distinct and separate from others

Interdependent Self-construals

Self is fundamentally connected to other people

Social Roles

Different roles a person plays in a society

• Helpers

• Leaders

• Workers

• Soldiers

Upward Social Comparison

Compare to Someone we perceive as doing better than us

Downward Social Comparison

COmpare to someone we perceive less than us

Self evaluation maintance model

People behave in a way that will mantain or increase self evaluation

Reflection

MyBest reflective glory from other success. Raises our self evaluation

Comparison

Our performance may feel to plae in comparison, and therefore decrease our self evaluation

Appraisal Motive

The simple desire to learn the truth about oneseld

Self enhancemnt motive

The desire to learn favorable or flattering thingd about the self

Consistency motive

A desire to get feedback that confirms what the personal already believed about themselves

Self [esteem

How Favorably you evaluate yourself

Domains

Things that we care about

• MOre domains more likley to be resilient to failures

Sociometer hypothesis

Self esteem evolved as an internal monitoring system that tracjs our likelihood of social acceptance and belonging

Self Serving Bias

Credit dor succes, blame external factors for failure

Selective memoru\y

rememer good forgert bad

Self presentation

Any behavior that seeks to convey image of self