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Chapter 2

Das soziale Ich

Chapter 2 The Social Self

Das Selbstbewusstsein: Reflektierte Selbsteinschätzung und sozialer Vergleich

According to Charles Cooley, we base our image on what we think other people see (Cooley 1902). We imagine how we must appear to others, then react to …

Selbst-Schemata

In general, a schema is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts (Bartlett, 1932). There are many different …

Charakterzug und Status Selbstwertgefühl

The term self-esteem is often used generically, to refer to how people feel about themselves. However, according to research, there are three …

Selbstbewertung: Selbstvervollkommnung und Selbstverifizierung

Social psychologists have documented that feeling good about ourselves and maintaining positive self-esteem is a powerful motivator of human behavior …

Selbstdiskrepanz-Theorie

One influential perspective on what motivates people's behavior is detailed in Tory Higgin's self-discrepancy theory (Higgins, 1987). He …

Selbstdarstellung: Selbstüberwachung und Selbstbehinderung

People can go to great lengths to protect their self-image and present themselves in ways that they want others to see them. Sociologist Erving Goffman …

Der Rouge-Test: Auf der Suche nach dem Selbst

Source: Laboratories of Nicholaus Noles and Judith Danovitch—University of Louisville Humans are different from other animals in many ways, but one …

Auswirkungen von abstraktem oder konkretem Denken auf die Selbstkontrolle

Source: Diego Reinero & Jay Van Bavel—New York University Whether it’s refraining from having a second serving of ice cream, studying instead of …

Die soziale Dimension der Stress: experimentelle Manipulationen an sozialer Unterstützung und Sozial Identität in der Trier Social Belastungsprobe

In many situations humans are influenced by the behavior of other people and their relationships with them. For example, in stressful situations …

Virtuelle Hand und Virtual-face Illusions Erstellen zur Untersuchung der Selbstdarstellung

Studies investigating how people represent themselves and their own body often use variants of "ownership illusions", such as the traditional …

Experimentelles Paradigma für die Messung der Auswirkungen selbst zu distanzieren, bei Kleinkindern

Self-distancing (i.e., creating mental distance between the self and a stimulus by adopting a less egocentric perspective) has been studied as a way to …