Psych 280 Iowa State exam 2 with complete solution graded A+

self - An organized collection of concepts and schemas that define how we perceive ourselves. self-concepts - are the content of the self and determine what we believe and how we feel about ourselves; self schemas - are the mental structures that affect how we organize and process social information. two functions of the self - -Organization E.g., self-reference effect -Regulation (executive) Limited resource ideacentral -perceptions - -what we attend to and care about -our interpretations of events only way we can see things is from perspective of self Pervasive/omnipresent - self is always there motivated perceptions - -egocentric- natural state of the self -ego-self -centered-around -world is centered around self - the selfs phenomenological experience of the world resides in the CNS, nested in our individual bodies. egocentrism - -if you experienced it, everyone else experienced it -associate self with good, distance self from bad-if your team wins its we, if your team loses, its they automatic perceptions - things that just happen, we don try and do them. No effort -Cocktail party effect individualist culture - independent view of self ex. america collectivist culture - interdependent view of self ex. malasia, japan, asia, etc