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Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
The Self in a Social World

Chapter Outline

Self-Concept: Who Am I?

  1. At the Center of Our Worlds: Our Sense of Self
    1. Self-Reference
    2. Possible Selves
    3. What is Self-Esteem?
  2. Development of the Social Self
    1. The Roles We Play
    2. Social Identity
    3. Social Comparisons
    4. Success and Failure Experiences
    5. Other People's Judgments
  3. Self and Culture
  4. Self-Knowledge
    1. Explaining Our Behavior
    2. Predicting Our Behavior
    3. Prediction Our Feelings
    4. The Wisdom and Delusions of Self Analysis

Perceived Self-Control

  1. Self-Efficacy
  2. Locus of Control
  3. Learned Helplessness Versus Self-Determination

Self-Serving Bias

  1. Explaining Positive and Negative Events
  2. Can We All Be Better Than Average?
  3. Unrealistic Optimism
  4. False Consensus and Uniqueness
  5. Other Self-Serving Tendencies
  6. Self-Esteem Motivation
  7. The Dark Side of Self-Esteem
  8. Reflections on Self-Efficacy and Self-Serving Bias
    1. The Self-serving Bias as Adaptive
    2. The Self-serving Bias as Maladaptive

Self-Presentation

  1. False Modesty
  2. Self-Handicapping
  3. Impression Management
  4. Personal Postscript: Twin Truths-The Perils of Pride, the Power of Positive Thinking








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