Final Part 1 Flashcards
ME….what is it? how is it different?
-the aspect of the self that is an object of our attention, thought, or perception
I …. what is it? how is it different ?
-the aspect of the self that is actively perceiving, thinking, or seeing
James three components of the empirical self ….as well as the fourth updated component
material self
- social self
- spiritual self
-collective self (updated)
material self
- individual’s body and possessions
- serves a symbolic function, help people define themselves
- extends the self in time (after death)
- emotional responses to possessions attest our importance to the self
-EX: my arms, my legs, my children, my car
social self
- how we are regarded and recognized by others (social identities)
- the various social positions we occupy and the social roles we play
spiritual self
- collection of states of consciousness
- our inner self or our psychological self
- elicit emotions (pride) and goals (self-preservation)
- our perceived abilities, attitudes, emotions, interests, opinions, traits, etc
collective self …involves what group of people? concerned with what two issues?
- involves people, particularly those who occupy a minority status
- how people evaluate these specific identities?
- how people maintain their ethnic identities when exposed to a dominant majority culture?
western cultures
- individualistic
- emphasize ways in which people are different from one another
- importance on their personal identities
eastern cultures
- cooperative, collective, and interdependent
- emphasize ways in which people are liked together
- importance on their social identities
independent self-construals
personal attributes; own thought, feelings, and actions
interdependent self-construes
roles and group memberships, relationships to others; thoughts, feelings, and actions of others
what are the self-conscious emotions ?
- shame
- guilt
shame
- public emotion that follows from public disapproval
- encompassing emotion
- arises from the perception that one is a bad person or is wholly inadequate
- leads people to hide from others
guilt
-private response to the perception that one has failed to live up to one’s personal standards and ideals
- focus on particular misdeed
- give rise to a tendency to make reparations
two meanings of consciousness
- the subjective experience of the world, resulting from brain activity
- the state or a process of an individual
brain regions important for consciousness
- prefrontal
- parietal lobe
elements of consciousness
- subjective point of view; our unique view of the world
- qualia: individual experiences; what things are like for that person
- metacognition: reflect upon thoughts and draw judgement upon them
- inner speech: our verbal narrative of the reasons for and reflections on our behavior
- volition: making and sticking to decisions
supramodel integration theory
–connects systems together and allows communication between brain regions that would not be able to communicate with one another on their own
-allows us to overrides some automatic systems or the dominant response
global neuronal workspace model of consciousness
- arises from when brain regions/ circuits are active
- subjectively experienced brain activity
- different areas responsible for conscious awareness of different types of information
information integration theory
- proposes shared information itself constitutes consciousness
- we are conscious of many things, but experience all the information as a whole
brain regions responsible for consciousness according to ITT
cortex, thalamus
5 functions/ consequences of consciousness
- planning
- decision making and self control
- self conceptualization: allows us to evaluate our behavior and monitor our progress on certain goals
- introspection:
- perspective taking
self awareness brain regions
prefrontal cortex
why would the self be adaptive for early humans
- ecological pressure: to help adapt to environment
- social pressure: to aid in cooperation and maintain group bonds, reproduction