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lecture on self-concept and history of the self.
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“Human Nature and the Social Order” The Social Self:
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM (Social) reality is an illusion, nothing is inherently real, only the meanings and symbols we collectively construct and use to describe reality are real; these symbols can be deconstructed to reveal who develop them and how they are useful to particular groups.
How do people move from having specific knowledge about their attributes to global evaluations of their self-worth? Augusto Pinochet (1915-?) Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) Undeserved high self-esteem? Undeserved low self-esteem? PARADOX: Often there is no obvious relationship between people’s accomplishments and virtues and their global self-esteem
8 PELHAM & SWANN (1989) GLOBAL SELF-ESTEEM (GSE) General affective evaluation of own’s worth or importance. 2 components: (1) Affective component: COLOR
POSITIVE & NEGATIVE AFFECT SELF- CONCEPT (COGNITIVE COMPONENT) TRAIT SELF- ESTEEM (AFFECTIVE COMPONENT) GLOBAL SELF-ESTEEM FRAMING FACTORS :
11 Gender differences in global self-esteem?
(Josephs, Markus, & Tafarodi, 1992)
(Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997)