Social Psychology by David G. Myers, 6/e Part One Social Thinking Chapter Two The Self in a Social World

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Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept: who am I? Development of the social self The roles we play Social comparison Success and failure experiences Other people’s judgments Self and culture Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2 of 15

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Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-Concept: who am I? Self-knowledge Explaining our behavior Predicting our behavior Predicting our feelings The wisdom and delusions of self-analysis Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 3 of 15

Perceived self-control Self-efficacy Locus of control Learned helplessness versus self-determination Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4 of 15

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Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-serving bias Explanations for positive and negative events Can we all be better than average? Unrealistic optimism False consensus and uniqueness Other self-serving tendencies Self-esteem motivation Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 5 of 15

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-serving bias Reflections on self-efficacy and self-serving bias The self-serving bias as adaptive The self-serving bias as maladaptive Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 6 of 15

Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Self-presentation False modesty Self-handicapping Impression management Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 7 of 15

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