Social PsychologyLecture 3: Judging ourselves and others

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Social Psychology-Lecture 3 Judging ourselves
and others

• Judging our self
• The Self defined
• Assessing the self
• Protecting the self

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Social Psychology-Lecture 3 Self Concept Defined

• Self-concept refers to the set of thoughts and
  beliefs that define who people think they are and
  the way they regard themselves. In other words,
  the self involves specific beliefs about who you
  are

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Social Psychology-Lecture 3 Development of the
Self

• Self-perception
• Direct feedback
• Social comparison
• Others judgments

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Social Psychology-Lecture 3 Self-Discrepancy
Theory
Domains of the Self
Actual
Ideal
Ought
Own
Viewpoint
Other
XsSelf-concept
OsSelf-guides/comparisons
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Social Psychology-Lecture 3 Summary up to this
point

• Our self concept is important
• It may be a function of differences between our
  self-concept and self-guides
• These discrepancies feed our self-esteem
• and feed the way we feel including depression.