![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![Social Psychology book cover](/sites/dl/free/0072413875/title/myers_sm.jpg) Social Psychology, 7/e David G Myers,
Hope College
The Self in a Social World
Learning ObjectivesAfter completing your study of this chapter you should be able to:
1.Describe the nature of our self-concept and discuss how our beliefs about ourselves influence our thoughts and actions. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 2.Describe the factors that shape our self-concept. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 3.Discuss research findings regarding the accuracy of our self-knowledge. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 4.Define self-efficacy and explain its relationship to behavior. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 5.Give several examples of the self-serving bias and discuss why people perceive themselves in self-enhancing ways. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 6.Describe how the self-serving bias can be adaptive but also maladaptive. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 7.Show how tactics of impression management may lead to false modesty or self-defeating behavior. |
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