Constructing the Self: Social Psychology, Discourse and Postmodernism

2014 ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Titus Hjelm
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
The Self

Metacognitive diversity across cultures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joëlle Proust ◽  
Martin Fortier
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
The Self ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Childrearing Practices ◽  
Potential Factors

This book collects essays on linguistics, on anthropology, on philosophy, on developmental, experimental, and social psychology, and on the neurosciences, with the aim of integrating knowledge about the variability of metacognitive skills across cultures, and of identifying the potential factors accounting for such variability—such as childrearing practices, linguistic syntax and semantics, beliefs about the self, and rituals. In this introductory chapter, the main reasons that make this topic scientifically and culturally important are presented.

Social Psychology of Health as a Social-Psychological Situation

2014 ◽  
pp. 331-335
Author(s):  
Maria Orlova
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
The Impact

In this chapter, the author examines the concept of health situations and situations of disease, and suggests a classification of health situations depending on the impact of health on the self-realization of a human in social relationships.

Mead, George Herbert (1863–1931)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Joas
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
John Dewey ◽  
William James ◽  
The Self ◽  
George Herbert ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
George Herbert Mead ◽  
American Pragmatism ◽  
Charles Peirce ◽  
Infantile Development

Together with Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey, George Herbert Mead is considered one of the classic representatives of American pragmatism. He is most famous for his ideas about the specificities of human communication and sociality and about the genesis of the ‘self’ in infantile development. By developing these ideas, Mead became one of the founders of social psychology and – mostly via his influence on the school of symbolic interactionism – one of the most influential figures in contemporary sociology. Compared to that enormous influence, other parts of his philosophical work are relatively neglected.

scholarly journals Student - Volunteer: Aspect of Self-Realization Value in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (Especial) ◽  
pp. 168-180
Author(s):  
Olga G. Tavstukha ◽  
Rosalina V. Shagieva ◽  
Artur M. Allagulov ◽  
Yakub A. Ayakoz ◽  
Rashad A. Kurbanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Student Volunteer ◽  
Value Model

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issues of social capital and mutual aid networks become particularly relevant for the student volunteer in Russia, who independently and, at their own discretion, provides assistance, support and mutual aid. To people in need, as a vital incentive for self-realization. This research aimed to identify the motivating aspects of the need for self-realization of a student volunteer in practical activities to overcome COVID-19. The study method was the test, which allows to identify the characteristics of the content of the value aspects of the self-realization of the volunteer student, determined by the global context of crisis. By way of conclusion, the characteristics of the coronavirus pandemic are revealed as an extraordinary condition for the activity of a student volunteer. Based on the results of the study, a self-realization value model of a volunteer student is confirmed in the extraordinary conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. The practical importance of the model is demonstrated with the help of cognitive criteria typical of activity-based social psychology for the formation of value aspects of the self-realization of a volunteer student.

Self and IdentityDynamics of Persons and Their Situations

2012 ◽  
pp. 262-286
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crocker ◽  
Amy Canevello
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
Self And Identity ◽  
Dispositional Characteristics ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Over Time

In this chapter, we examine how the self both creates and results from experience—both its high points and low points. At a metatheoretical level, we consider how social and personality psychologists typically conceive of and study the self, drawing on the topic of self-esteem to illustrate typical views of the self as dispositional characteristics of persons, the product of situations, or the interaction between them. This person × situation framework has stimulated a great deal of research and had considerable heuristic value for social and personality psychologists who study the self and identity. However, because it views both the person and the situation as static rather than the result of dynamic processes, it fails to account for how people and situations mutually create each other in a process that unfolds over time. Through dynamic processes of reciprocal influence between persons and situations, self and identity can change surprisingly rapidly—change sustained by the situations people create for themselves over time. We consider methodological approaches in personality and social psychology to test these dynamic models of self and identity.

Self-Knowledge as an Outcome of Application Journal Keeping in Social Psychology

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cognitive Operations ◽  
Self Knowledge

Students enrolled in Social Psychology kept application journals, in which they applied course concepts to their daily social experiences. A content analysis of the entries revealed evidence of the acquisition of 12 possible farms of self-knowledge, defined by applying each of 4 cognitive operations (labeling, explaining, educing consequences, and self-assessing) to each of 3 different aspects of the self (thoughts, feelings, and actions). This analysis provides instructors with a framework for assessing various dimensions of an important component of student psychosocial development: understanding the self.

The Comparison of Youth Self-Concepts Assessed from Parenting Style

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Setiana Setiana ◽  
Darmayanti Darmayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Authoritative Parenting

This article contains an analytical description of the self-concept of adolescents in terms of parenting styles. The research method used in this research is conceptual and empirical studies in the fields of social psychology, parenting and sociology about self-concepts developed by parenting styles. The findings of this article reveal a comparison of adolescent self-concepts based on parenting styles so that it can be used as a basis for understanding self-concept, where authoritative parenting styles can develop positive adolescent self-concepts.

Dissonance and Attitude Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Stone ◽  
John J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance Theory ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Dissonance Theory ◽  
And Behavior

Cognitive dissonance theory (CDT) was first introduced by Leon Festinger. Cognitive dissonance is the process by which people detect an inconsistency between cognitions, such as attitudes, beliefs, and behavior. When individuals become aware of an inconsistency between cognitions, they experience a state of psychological discomfort that motivates them to restore consistency. Factors such as the importance of the cognitions and the magnitude of the discomfort play a role in determining how people restore consistency. Festinger described three primary ways people can reduce dissonance: change a cognition; add new cognitions; or change the importance of the inconsistent cognitions. Many early studies showed that when people are unable to change their behavior, they will change their attitudes to be more in line with the inconsistent behavior. Over the years, CDT has undergone many challenges and revisions. Some revisions focus on the importance of cognitions about the self in the processes by which dissonance motivates attitude change. Others focused on the consequences of the behavior and various cognitive mechanisms that underlie the experience of dissonance. In the early 21st century, research has examined the underlying motivation for dissonance-induced attitude and behavior change, and how people prefer to reduce dissonance once it is present. And, as with the entire field of social psychology, dissonance researchers are also raising concerns about the replicability of classic dissonance effects and focusing their attention on the need to improve the methods the field uses to test predictions going forward.

Presidential Address

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crocker
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Interpersonal Dynamics ◽  
Paradoxical Effects

Interpersonal dynamics of self-esteem are explored. The author proposes that the desire to be seen as having positive qualities and avoid being seen as having dreaded qualities paradoxically leads to lowered self-esteem and lowered regard from others through its adverse effects on interpersonal relationships. The author also argues that the human capacity to transcend concerns with the images others hold of oneself, through caring about the well-being of other people, paradoxically leads to higher self-esteem and regard from others through its salutary effects on relationships. Data from two recent studies demonstrate these paradoxical effects and prompt questions about the nature of persons and situations, research methods, and the union between personality and social psychology. Accordingly, the author reflects more broadly on how people create their social situations, which in turn create the self, and what that means about the methods scholars use to understand social behavior.

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