2. Agenda
Self in a Social World
Self Concept
Social Self
Self and Culture
Self Knowledge
3. Self in a Social World
Spot Light and illusion
Illusion of transparency
Self interst colours our judgement
Self concern motivates our social behaviour
4. Social Comparision
Comparing ourself wih others
It dimnish our satisfaction
Eg:Competition
5. Success and Failures determines our Self Esteem
Other People Judgement how we think others ,
perceive us as a mittor image for perceiving ourself
Eg: People feel free to praise others than to critisize
others
6. Self Culture
I am ________( 5 answers)
Individualism Concept of giving priority to one’s
own goals
CollectivismGiving priority to goals of one’s group
Interdependent Self Constructing one’s identity in
relation to others
8. Predicting our behaviour
Planning Fallacy Tendency to underestimate how
long it will take to complete a task
9. Predicting our Feeling
Impact bias Overestimating the enduring impact of
emotion –causing event
Immune Neglect human tendency to underestimate
the speed and strength of the “Psychological immune
system”.This enables the emotional recovery and
resilience after bad things happen
10. Self Analysis
Self ReportUntrustworthy
Dual Attitude Differing implicit(Automatic) and
Explicit( Consciously Controlled) attitude toward the
same object
11. Self Esteem and Self Efficacy
Self Esteem Self Worth
Self Efficacy individual’s ability to competent
enough
Learned HelplessnessThe sense of hopelessness and
resignation learned when a human or animal perceives
to control over repeated bad events