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Self-Concept Defined

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An individual’s self-beliefs and self-evaluations

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What are the three characteristics of self-concept

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Complexity
Consistency
Clarity

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A characteristic of self concept where people have multiple self-views

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Complexity

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Consistency is where people

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have similar personality traits and values across multiple selves.

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_____ is the degree to which a person has a clear, confidently defined and stable self concept

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Clarity

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People have better wellbeing with

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Multiple selves (complexity)
Well-established selves (clarity)
Selves are similar and compatible with traits (consistency)

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Multiple selves

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(complexity)

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(clarity)

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Well-established selves

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Selves are similar and compatible with traits

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(consistency)

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What are the Four ‘Selves’ of Self-Concept

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Self-enhancement
Self-verification
Self-evaluation
Social self

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The drive to promote/protect a positive self-view is known as

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Self-enhancement

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Self-verification

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The verification and maintenance of existing self-concepts

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Evaluating ourselves through self-___, self-___, and locus of control is Self-_____

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self-esteem, efficacy evaluation

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Social self

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Defining ourselves in terms of group membership

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Positive self-enhancement concept outcomes

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Better personal adjustment and mental and physical health and inflates personal causation and probability of success

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Self-verification stabilises our

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self-concept

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Self-verification outcomes: _____ attention, acceptance and memory of _____ consistent with our self-concept
We _____ more with those who affirm and reflect our current self-concept

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Selective, information, interact

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Self-Evaluation consists of

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Self-esteem
Self-Eficacy
Locus of control

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Social identity:

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defining ourselves through groups to which we belong or have an emotional attachment

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We identify with groups that support self-_____

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enhancement

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The process of receiving information about and making sense of the world around us -

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Perception

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Perception in determining

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  • which information gets noticed
  • How to categorise this information
  • How to interpret information within our existing knowledge framework
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Selective attention:

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The process of attending to some information received by our senses and ignoring other information

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Confirmation bias:

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we screen out information contrary to our beliefs and values

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______ thinking is the organising of people into _____ categories that are stored in our ____

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Categorical, preconceived, LTM

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Perceptual Organisation/Interpretation involve

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Categorical thinking
Perceptual grouping principles
Interpreting incoming information

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Categorical thinking is

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Mostly non-conscious process of organising people and things

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What are the 3 Perceptual grouping principles

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Similarity or proximity
Closure: filling in missing pieces
Perceiving trends

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Interpreting incoming information is done by

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Emotional markers that automatically evaluate information

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Mental Modes

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The visual or relational images in our mind that represent the external world

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Helps us to make sense of incoming stimuli

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Mental modes

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A problem can occur when _____ modes block recognition of new opportunities and perspectives

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Mental

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Stereotyping

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Assigning traits to people based on social category membership

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Stereotyping occurs because of

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Categorical thinking
Innate drive to understand and anticipate others’ behaviour
Enhances our self-concept

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Social identity and self-enhancement reinforce stereotyping through

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Categorisation, Homogenisation, Differentiation

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Categorisation:

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organise people into groups

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To assign similar traits within a group; different traits to other groups is

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Homogenisation

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Differentiation process:

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is to assign less favourable attributes to other groups

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Stereotyping problems

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Overgeneralises, i.e. does not represent everyone in the category
Basis of systemic and intentional discrimination

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Attribution Process is comprised of 2 Attributions

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Internal and external

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Internal Attribution

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Perception that behaviour is caused by person’s own motivation or ability

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External attribution

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Perception that behaviour is caused by situation or fate—beyond person’s control

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The 2 Attribution rules

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Consistency, Distinctiveness, Consensus

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How often did the person act this way in the past?

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Consistency

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Distinctiveness:

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How often does the person act this way in other settings

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How often do other peoples act this way in similar situations

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Consensus.

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Attribution Errors

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Self-serving bias

Fundamental attribution error

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Attributing own actions to internal and external factors and others’ actions to internal factors is know as

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Fundamental attribution error

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Attributing our successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors is known as

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Self-serving bias

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What is the perceptual process in which our expectations about another person cause that person to act more consistently with those expectations

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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What are the 4 Steps in Self-fulfilling prophecy?

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1 Supervisor forms expectation about employee
2 Supervisors expectations affect their attitude towards employee
3 Supervisor’s behaviour affects employees abilities and self-confidence
4 Employees behaviour becomes consistent with supervisors expectations

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Effect is Strongest

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At the beginning of the relationship (e.g. employee joins the team)
When several people have similar expectations about the person
When the employee has low rather than high past achievement

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Other Perceptual Effects

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Halo effect
False-consensus effect
Primacy effect
Recency effect

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What is the perceptual error in which our general impression of a person, usually based on one prominent characteristic, colours our perception of other characteristics of that person

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Halo effect

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What is the perceptual error in which we overestimate the extent to which other have beliefs and characteristics that are similar to our own

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False-consensus effect

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What is the perceptual error in which we quickly form an opinion of the person based on the first information we receive of them

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Primacy effect

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What is the perceptual error in which the most recent information dominates our perceptions of others

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Recency effect

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Awareness of perceptual biases, Improving self-awareness, Meaningful interaction are all

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Strategies to Improve Perceptions

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What process provides employees the opportunity to provide each other with feedback regarding their behaviour and offers disclosure as a way to improve perception

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Johari Window

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Contact Hypothesis

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A theory that implies more we interact with someone the less we will be prejudiced or perceptually biased towards that person

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An individual’s ability to perceive, appreciate and empathises with people from other cultures and to process complex cross-cutual information

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Global mindset.