Module 46
Social cognitive perspective
view of behaviour as influenced by the interaction between people's trait and their social context
Reciprocal determinism
interacting influences of behaviour, internal cognition and enviornment
Three personality influences
psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, social-cultural
Major personality theories
psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, humanistc, trait, social cognitive
self
center of personality, organizer of thoughts, feelings and actions
spotlight effect
overestimating how much people actually think about us or judge us
self esteem
our feelings of high or low self worth
self efficacy
sense of competence and effectiveness
Dunning-kruger effect
ignorance of one's own incompetence
self serving bias
readiness to perceive ourselves favourably
narcissm
being self absorbed and excessive self love
two types of self esteem
defensive: fragile and focuses on sustaining itself
secure: less fragile and less contingent on external evaluations