Stories Enlarge the Experience of Self

Temporarily expanded boundaries of the self (TEBOTS) proposes underlying motivations for engaging with stories. TEBOTS points out that fundamental human drives for agency, autonomy, and connectedness are imperfectly attainable. As a result, human beings turn to transcendent experiences that offer self-expansion, especially engagement with mediated worlds and the stories and characters they provide. TEBOTS provides unique hypotheses about how the self-concept relates to the selection, processing, and effects of media entertainment. Confirmatory evidence for TEBOTS shows that threats to the self can increase responsiveness to narratives, and that effects are attributable to a boundary expansion mechanism. Recent studies demonstrate that boundary expansion during media use can facilitate positive outgroup perceptions and attitude change. The TEBOTS framework also provides testable propositions regarding the influence of life stressors such as finance, health, and relationships on narrative engagement and enjoyment, carrying potential implications for narrative influence on stressed populations.

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Humanism in No Hana and Tsumi Shi No Hi By Abe Tomoji (Orientalism Study)

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora ◽

10.21831/hum.v23i2.23937 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 106-117

Author(s):

Irvina Restu Handayani

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Human Nature ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Human Beings ◽

Japanese People ◽

Literature Research ◽

Library Research ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Descriptive Method

This study was aimed at describing humanism in Shi no Hana and Tsumi no Hi by Abe Tomoji. This research was a literature research that used qualitative descriptive method. The data were in the form of text excerpts, both words, phrases and sentences containing humanism. The data were sourced from Shi no Hana novels and Tsumi no Hi by Abe Tomoji published by Shinbungeisha. The data collection techniques used was library research techniques. The collected data was then analyzed based on orientalism theory. To gain the valid result, a triangulation test was carried out, namely time triangulation. The result shows that Hinobe as an invader still maintains human nature, self-concept and freedom. The nature of human beings as individual beings is a feature of humanism in Shi no Hana and Tsumi no Hi. Despite being an invader, Hinobe realized his differences with other Japanese people regarding the ideals of peace. Freedom in Shi no Hana and Tsumi no Hi is divided into physical and psychological freedom, both of which are only Hinobe consciousness not realization. The self concept is divided into physical, attitude and intelligence.Humanisme dalam Shi No Hana dan Tsumi No Hi Karya Abe Tomoji (Kajian Orientalisme)Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan humanisme dalam Shi no Hana dan Tsumi no Hi karya Abe Tomoji. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian sastra yang menggunakan metode deskrptif kualitatif. Data berupa kutipan teks, baik kata, frasa maupun kalimat yang mengandung humanisme. Data diperoleh dari sumber data berupa novel Shi no Hana dan Tsumi no Hi karya Abe Tomoji yang diterbitkan oleh Shinbungeisha. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik penelitian pustaka. Data yang sudah terkumpul kemudian dianalisis dengan mendasarkan pada teori orientalisme. Untuk mendapatkan hasil yang benar-benar valid, dilakukan uji triangulasi, yaitu triangulasi waktu. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa Hinobe sebagai penjajah masih mempertahankan hakikat manusia, konsep diri dan kebebasan. Hakikat manusia sebagai makhluk individu menjadi keistimewaan humanisme dalam Shi no Hana dan Tsumi no Hi. Meskipun sebagai penjajah, Hinobe menyadari akan perbedaan dirinya dengan orang Jepang lain terkait cita-cita perdamaian. Kebebasan di dalam Shi no Hana dan Tsumi no Hi terbagi atas kebebasan fisik dan psikologis, yang keduanya hanya berupa kesadaran Hinobe bukan realisasi. Konsep diri terbagi menjadi penilaian fisik, sikap dan kecerdasan.

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Public Attitudes toward Blindness

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x6205600501 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 56 (5) ◽

pp. 153-158

Author(s):

Martin Whiteman ◽

Irving F. Lukoff

Keyword(s):

Attitude Change ◽

Public Attitudes ◽

Personal Values ◽

The Self ◽

Differential Sensitivity ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Self Concept ◽

Blind Person ◽

Major Emphasis

By way of summary—this paper has been concerned with a number of problems related to public attitudes toward blindness. A major emphasis has been upon attitudinal components—upon their description, their mediation by different personal values, and their differential sensitivity to methods of attitude change. A second emphasis has been upon tracing through the workings of such introjected attitudes upon the self-concept of the blind person, upon his own attitudes toward the sighted, and upon the degree to which he has obtained independence in his mode of travel, in his work, and in daily activities.

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Universalities and Idiosyncrasies in Self-Concept: East-West and North-South

Acta de Investigación Psicológica ◽

10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2019.2.267 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Rolando Díaz Loving ◽

María José Baeza Rivera ◽

Ilse González Rivera ◽

Michael Harris Bond

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Orientation ◽

Great Difficulty ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Human Beings ◽

Cultural Syndromes ◽

Many Instruments ◽

South Axis ◽

East West

Self-concept has been crucial to the description of human beings since ancient times. Different authors have offered definitions and approaches to the study of the self. Many instruments have been developed to measure this multi-faceted construct. However, there is great difficulty in using definitions and instruments developed in one ecosystem to describe the peoples from different cultures. In order to include the universals and idiosyncrasies of the self, a model that takes culture into account is needed. The purpose of this article is to compare the cognitive, emotional, and motivational aspects of the self-concept in different countries representing the east-west and north-south axis, such as Mexico, Peru, Japan, China, United States and Chile, from a psycho-socio-cultural point of view. The paradigm for this purpose included descriptions and comparisons based on Hofstede´s cultural syndromes, as well as an overview of some instruments that have been used to measure the construct. The discussion focuses on the importance of considering culture to understand the meanings of this construct, placing emphasis on the methodological tools derived from the theoretical orientation and the attentions that must be had when making cross-cultural comparisons, be it Between countries and even within the same country. This means that we must not forget the aspects shared by cultures in the relationship with oneself (etic), but we must forget about the particular aspects (emic) or idiosyncratic aspects, which are what are finally given by the particularities to self-concept.

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Rationalization is irrational and self-serving, but useful

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002218 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Jake Quilty-Dunn

Keyword(s):

Immune System ◽

Cognitive Dissonance ◽

Attitude Change ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Dissonance Reduction

Abstract Rationalization through reduction of cognitive dissonance does not have the function of representational exchange. Instead, cognitive dissonance is part of the “psychological immune system” (Gilbert 2006; Mandelbaum 2019) and functions to protect the self-concept against evidence of incompetence, immorality, and instability. The irrational forms of attitude change that protect the self-concept in dissonance reduction are useful primarily for maintaining motivation.

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