Slide 1Self-esteemContributors to Self-EsteemSelf-regulationBoosting self-conceptsSlide 6Slide 7Self-presentationStrategic self-presentationSelf-verificationSelf-monitoringChapter 3: Social SelfPart 2: Feb. 2, 2012Self-esteem•Positive and negative evaluations of ourselves–What purposes are served by SE?•1.•2.•Correlations w/self-esteem:Contributors to Self-Esteem•Self-discrepancy theory – –What is compared?•We differ in degree of self-awareness:–How does it affect our behaviors?»Halloween study – kids and free candy! Results?Self-regulation•Baumeister’s research on limits of self-control–It requires lots of cognitive resources•Self-control is a limited resource–Link to glucose?•What are Baumeister’s research results?•How to re-energize our self-control?–1.–2.Boosting self-concepts•Our tendency to overestimate our abilities may serve a purpose related to self-concept–“implicit egotism” – –Self-serving cognitions – •1. Take credit for successes:•Self-serving cognitions (cont.):–2. Self-handicapping:»What is its purpose?–3. Identifying with groups and BIRGing:»‘we won’ versus ‘they lost’–4. Downward social comparisons»How do these work and why?–Example: sibling rivalrySelf-presentation•We may overestimate extent to which others are focus on us–‘spotlight effect’•2 motives of self-presentation:–Strategic self-presentation and self-verificationStrategic self-presentation•Strategies?–Possible link with unsafe behaviors?Self-verification•Attempt to increase overlap between self-perceptions & how others see us•Negative traits?•Swann’s research – with whom do we associate?–How does this work in romantic relationships?Self-monitoring•Individual difference in how well we can regulate our own behavior in response to others’ reactions–How do high vs. low self-monitors behave?–Links between self-monitoring and
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