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The Self in a Social W
orld
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Social PsychologyAssoc. Prof.Dr Mohd Dahlan Hj. A.
Malek
lecture 2
The Self in a Social World
The Self in a Social W
orld
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Spotlights and Illusions
• Interplay between sense of self and the social world– Spotlight effect– Illusion of transparency– Social surroundings– Self-interest– Self-concern– Social relationships– Drug abuse
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?• Our sense of self
–Self-concept–Self-schemas (what we
perceiving ourselves)–Self-reference effect–Possible selves (our
vision)
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
• Development of the social self– The roles we play– Social identity– Success and failure– Social comparisons– Other people’s judgments
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Who Am I?The Self
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
• Self and Culture– Individualism– Collectivism– Interdependent self– Cultural psychology
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?• Self-knowledge
– Explaining our behavior– Predicting our behavior– Predicting our feelings– The wisdom and
illusions of self-analysis
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Self-Concept: Who Am I?
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Self-Esteem
• Self-esteem: Overall self-evaluation of self-worth–Self-esteem motivation–The “dark side” of self-esteem-low
self-esteem-drug abuse
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Self-Esteem
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Perceived Self-Control
• Self-efficacy-predict workers productivity
• Locus of control• Learned helplessness
versus self-determination
• The costs of excess choice
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Locus of Control
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Learned Helplessness
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Self-Serving Bias
• Explaining positive and negative events– Can we all be better than
average?• Unrealistic optimism• False consensus and
uniqueness • Explaining self-serving
bias • Reflections on self-esteem
and self-serving bias
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Self-Serving Bias
• Reflections on self-efficacy and self-serving bias– The self-serving bias
as adaptive– The self-serving bias
as maladaptive– The group-serving bias
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How Self-Serving Bias Works
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Self-Presentation• False modesty (Present a different selt than they
feel)• Self-handicapping (protecting one’s self by
excuse)• Impression management
– Self-presentation– Self-monitoring
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Supplemental Slides
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orld
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Elements of the Self
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What Affects Self-Concept?
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Cultural Influences
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Cultural Influences
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Definition Self
• Self-Efficacy-define• Self-concept• Self-schemas
(what we perceiving ourselves)• Self-reference effect-define• Possible selves (our vision)-define
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orld
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