Week 2 Flashcards
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Is the self historically a relatively new idea?
Yes.
When has the modern Western idea of the self crystallised?
Over the past 200 years.
Why has the self crystallised as an idea?
Due to a number of social and ideological forces.
What forces have caused the Western idea of the self to crystallise?
These include: • Secularisation • Industrialisation • Enlightenment • Psychoanalysis
As a recent science, how has social psychology tended to view the self?
As the essence of individuality.
What did Sigmund Freud believe about the id?
Kept in check by the superego.
What was Freud’s view of the self?
It is one you can only know yourself when specialized procedures are employed to reveal repressed thoughts.
In reality, are there many different forms of the self?
Yes.
What are three types of self?
Collective self, individual self and relational self.
How is the collective self defined?
Defined in terms of attributes shared with ingroup members and distinct from out group members.
How is the individual self defined?
Defined in terms of attributes that make one unique relative to other people.
How is the relational self defined?
Defined in terms of relationships that one has with specific other people.
Who was the founder of psychology?
William Wundt was the founder of psychology.
What did William Wundt’s social psychology deal with?
Collective phenomena.
What are four examples of collective phenomena?
Language, religion, customs and myths.
According to Wundt, can collective phenomena be understood in terms of the psychology of the isolated individual?
No.
Since the 1980s, has there been a revival in the interest of the collective self?
Yes.
Who distinguished between self of conscioussness and self as an object?
William James.
What is the looking glass self?
The self derived from seeing others as they see us.
What is symbolic interactionism?
theory of how the self emerges from human interaction.
What does symbolic interactionism involve?
People trading symbols that are usually consensual and represent abstract properties rather than concrete objects.
Why do we look at the self in social psychology?
Because other people can influence the self.
Are people continiously consciously aware of themselves?
No.
What is objective self awareness generated by?
Anything that focuses your attention on yourself as an object.