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What is the relational self? What are significant others?
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the self in relation to significant others.
actual individuals whom one knows, with whom one feels some degree of closeness, and usually with whom one shares a relationship that can be normatively or idiosyncratically labeled |
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How is the relational self activated? What concept does it rely on? what is activated?
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contextually activated
relies on idea of working self-concept Activated: -Attribute and role-based conceptions of the self -Positive and negative self-evaluations -Goals and motives -Self-regulatory strategies -Behavioral tendencies |
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Shah (2003): What did she do to show that there is automatic activation of the relational self?
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Primed subject with words related to father and then asked them to complete anagram task
Rated closeness to father and father's desire for them to have good analytic skills Those with a closeness to father and a father's desire for analytic skills persisted longer at anagram task |
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What are self-with-other representations?
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Clusters of attributes for particular significant others
Can be specific or general: Self with professor Pickett (specific) Self with professors (general) |
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What is a relational schema? What is a script? What does activation of significant other schemas activate if-then contingencies?
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schema for the self and significant other in the self-other relationship, linked by an interpersonal script.
Script: typical patterns of relating between self and others derived from past interpersonal experiences; if-then contingencies Activation of significant other schema activates if-then contingencies, which can impact self-evaluations |
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What did Baldwin, Carrell, and Lopez do?
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Partisipants either practicing or non-practicing Catholic women
Read story w/ sexual material 1/2 were primed with image of scowling pope; 1/2 with stranger and then they both rated moral worth Practicing catholic women primed with pope rated themselves lower |
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What is relational-Interdependent Self-Construal (RISC)? What characteristics do people with higher RISC scores have?
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Conceiving of one’s self in terms of one’s close
relationships People with higher RISC scores are: – More likely to consider the consequences of their decisions for other people – More likely to take into account the opinions or needs of close others – More likely to develop and nurture new relationships by being open about themselves and by showing sensitivity and concern for their relationship partners |
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Are women more relational than men? What characteristics do each gender value? WHat did Gabriel and Gardner (1999) find?
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When asked to spontaneously describe
themselves, girls make more references to close relationships, whereas boys make more references to their general place among large groups of people Girls are more likely to value characteristics that relate to sensitivity to specific others and interpersonal harmony, whereas boys are more likely to value characteristics related to competitiveness and social dominance. Gabriel and Gardner (1999): Women maintain a more chronically accessible relational focus, whereas men maintain a more chronically accessible collective focus. |
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What is a collective dilemma? a Relational dilemma?
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Collectional: good of self vs. the good of the group
Relational dilemma: good of the self vs. good of a close friend |
