Self in a Social WorldRevathi Mohan

2’nd year masters in Counselling Psychology

AgendaSelf in a Social WorldSelf ConceptSocial SelfSelf and CultureSelf Knowledge

Self in a Social WorldSpot Light and illusionIllusion of transparencySelf interst colours our judgementSelf concern motivates our social behaviour

Social ComparisionComparing ourself wih othersIt dimnish our satisfactionEg:Competition

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

Self CultureI am ________( 5 answers) Individualism Concept of giving priority to

one’s own goalsCollectivismGiving priority to goals of one’s

groupInterdependent Self Constructing one’s

identity in relation to others

Self KnowledgeExplaining our behaviourPredicting our behaviourPredicting our feeling

Predicting our behaviourPlanning Fallacy Tendency to underestimate

how long it will take to complete a task

Predicting our FeelingImpact bias Overestimating the enduring

impact of emotion –causing eventImmune 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

Self AnalysisSelf ReportUntrustworthyDual Attitude Differing implicit(Automatic)

and Explicit( Consciously Controlled) attitude toward the same object

Self Esteem and Self EfficacySelf Esteem Self WorthSelf Efficacy individual’s ability to

competent enoughLearned HelplessnessThe sense of

hopelessness and resignation learned when a human or animal perceives to control over repeated bad events