The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Social Psychology by David G. Myers 8 th Edition The Self in a Social World

Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept: Who Am I? Self-concept –Self-schemas –Self-reference effect Self-esteem © N. Phillippe/The Image Bank Chicago

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept: Who Am I? Development of the social self –The roles we play –Social identity –Social comparisons –Other people’s judgments –Self and culture

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept: Who Am I? Self-knowledge –Explaining our behavior –Predicting our behavior –Predicting our feelings –The wisdom and delusions of self- analysis © N. Phillippe/ The Image Bank Chicago

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Perceived Self-Control Self-efficacy Locus of control Learned helplessness versus self- determination

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Learned Helplessness

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Serving Bias Explanations for positive and negative events –Can we all be better than average? Unrealistic optimism False consensus and uniqueness Self-esteem motivation

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Serving Bias Reflections on self- efficacy and self- serving bias –The self-serving bias as adaptive –The self-serving bias as maladaptive © Larry Dale Gordon/ Image Bank

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Presentation False modesty Self-handicapping Impression management © David H. Wells/ The Image Works

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The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Cultural Influences

The Self in a Social World Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Cultural Influences

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