Myers PSYCHOLOGY Seventh Edition in Modules

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Myers PSYCHOLOGY Seventh Edition in Modules

• Module 44
• Contemporary Research The Self and the Modern
  Unconscious
• James A. McCubbin, Ph.D.
• Clemson University
• Worth Publishers

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Exploring the Self

• Spotlight Effect
• overestimating others noticing and evaluating our
  appearance, performance, and blunders
• Self Esteem
• ones feelings of high or low self-worth
• Self-Serving Bias
• readiness to perceive oneself favorably

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Exploring the Self

• Individualism
• giving priority to ones own goals over group
  goals and defining ones identity in terms of
  personal attributes rather than group
  identifications
• Collectivism
• giving priority to the goals of ones group
  (often ones extended family or work group) and
  defining ones identity accordingly

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Exploring the Self
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The Modern Unconscious Mind

• Terror-Management Theory
• Faith in ones worldview and the pursuit of
  self-esteem provide protection against a deeply
  rooted fear of death