Chapter 2: The Self in a Social World Part 2: Jan. 28, 2013
Self-Knowledge How good are we at explaining our behavior or predicting how we’ll feel ? Harassment studies as example – Known as “Affective Forecasting” –
Leads to “Impact Bias” = when is this worst? Why? Dan Gilbert’s research on synthetic happiness vs. natural happiness – Effect of ‘Psychological immune system’ -
Self-esteem Positive and negative evaluations of ourselves What purposes are served by SE? 1. 2. Correlations w/self-esteem:
Contributors to Self-Esteem Self-discrepancy theory – What is compared? We differ in degree of self-awareness:
Extreme Self-Esteem & Narcissism High SE - 2 possible dimensions: How does narcissism differ? Narcissism is correlated with: