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Self-awareness
A psychological state in which one is aware of oneself as an object.
looks at public and private self
Related personality variable: self-monitoring (how much self monitoring you do is generally indicative of self-awareness
public vs private awareness
how you are acting and being perceived by others, aware monitoring and regulating out behavior
High in public self-consciousness > present self to others in favorable
light
how you are thinking and feeling, likes dislike
High in private self-consciousness > align behavior with internal
standards
Self - perception theory
one way we might be able to understand ourselves is by 'stepping outside of ourselves' and looking at our own behavior- mindfulness i think?
Applied Importance of Self-Awareness
Caring for others involves empathic listening and awareness of the needs and feelings of patients / people as well as one’s own
too often social, educational, and healthcare professionals........
lead unbalanced lives in terms of work, relationships and personal time
Strive for perfection (unrealistic)
Deny our own needs and feelings
Assume total responsibility for the person / client /patient /student
Are altruistic to the point of self-denial
Self - concept
one’s knowledge of and thoughts about the set of qualities attributed to the self
Self-awareness necessary for self-concept development
Self - recognition in mirror: infants from about 18 months can do this
The “I” and the “Me”
Me:
Self as known
Objective self
Material self
Social Self
Spiritual Self
I:
Subjective self- the consciousness
Thinker
Inner self
“I am”
“I exist”
I can think about me
self-schema
Mental template by which we organize our worlds
self definition/concept
Self-reference Effect
When info is relevant to our self - concept >process it quickly & remember it well.
keep things moving because we don’t have to think about who we are sorta?
Self - discrepancy Theory
• Actual self
• Ought self - guide
• Ideal self - guide
If actual self does not line up with ought self
regulatory focus theory
prevention and promotion motivational systems
Spotlight effect
over estimating the extent that others are noticing andevaluating us
Illusion of transparency
The tendency for people to overestimate the extent others can recognize their internal thoughts, feelings, attitudes and intentions
Impact bias
Tendency for people to overestimate the length or intensity of future feeling states
Self - serving bias
is where people have a tendency to (gather information, process information) in such a manner as to advance our self-interest and support our preexisting views.
Autonoetic consciousness
is the human ability to mentally place ourselves in the past, future, or in counterfactual situations, and thus to be able to examine our own thoughts
Our sense of self affects our behavior in the present, past and future. It relates to how we reflect on our own past behavior, how we feel about it, and do we do it again.
