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

Learning Objectives

After 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.

2.

Describe the factors that shape our self-concept.

3.

Discuss research findings regarding the accuracy of our self-knowledge.

4.

Define self-efficacy and explain its relationship to behavior.

5.

Give several examples of the self-serving bias and discuss why people perceive themselves in self-enhancing ways.

6.

Describe how the self-serving bias can be adaptive but also maladaptive.

7.

Show how tactics of impression management may lead to false modesty or self-defeating behavior.








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