The Social Self: Chapter Three

William James

Introspection led him to conculd that there are three aspects of the self:

Self-schema

The collection of memories, beliefs, evolutions about yourself developed from your interactions with the world.

Executive Function

The Self serves an “____________” in your mind by organizing your experience and behavior.

Markus (1977)

The speed of schematic/non-schematic eself- judgements

What are three aspects of the self according to William James?

Spiritual, Concrete, and Social self

Working self concept (Markus & Wurf, 1987)

The aspects of the self that are accessible in a given situation

McGuire & Singer (1976)

We tend to describe ourselves in way that distinguish our uniqueness

Schematics/non-schematics

Some aspects of the self are more chronically accesible

Cot