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

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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
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Self-Concept: who am I?
Self-knowledge
Explaining our behavior
Predicting our behavior
Predicting our feelings
The wisdom and delusions of self-analysis
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6. Perceived self-control
Self-efficacy
Locus of control
Learned helplessness versus self-determination
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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
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Self-serving bias
Reflections on self-efficacy and self-serving bias
The self-serving bias as adaptive
The self-serving bias as maladaptive
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Self-presentation
False modesty
Self-handicapping
Impression management
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