The Self

I. Introduction: Self-concept/Self Esteem Defined

A. Self-concept
B. Self-esteem

II. Who am I? The nature of the self

A. 3 constituents of the self (according
to William James)
1. Material self
2. Social self
3. Spiritual self
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III. How do I see my “Self?” How am I
organized?
A. Self-awareness
B. Spontaneous self-concept
C. Self-schemata
IV. How do we use experience to construct   
     the self?
A. Experiencing Self
B. Remembered Self
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V. How do I want others to see me? Who

should I be?
A. Impression management--defined
B. The necessity of impression management
C. Self-monitoring
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VI. Maintaining an image…

A. The totalitarian ego: An analogy
B. 3 aspects of the totalitarian ego
1. Ego/self is the organization of knowledge
2. We have illusions of self as not
being biased
3. Our biases serve to sustain our notions
of self
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C. 3 ego biases
1. Egocentricity—self as the focus
of knowledge
2. Beneffectance—the tendency to take
credit for successes  while
denying responsibility for failures
3. Cognitive conservativism—our
disposition to preserve that which is
already established