This document outlines topics related to the self that will be covered in a masters course in counseling psychology. It discusses how the self is influenced by social and cultural factors. Some key topics covered include the illusion of transparency and how self-interest colors our judgments of others, how social comparison can diminish satisfaction, and the concepts of individualism versus collectivism in different cultures. It also addresses how people gain self-knowledge through explaining and predicting their own behaviors and feelings.

1. Revathi Mohan
2’nd year masters in Counselling Psychology

2. Agenda
 Self in a Social World
 Self Concept
 Social Self
 Self and Culture
 Self Knowledge

3. Self in a Social World
 Spot Light and illusion
 Illusion of transparency
 Self interst colours our judgement
 Self concern motivates our social behaviour

4. Social Comparision
 Comparing ourself wih others
 It dimnish our satisfaction
 Eg:Competition

5.  Success and Failures determines our Self Esteem
 Other People Judgement how we think others ,
perceive us as a mittor image for perceiving ourself
 Eg: People feel free to praise others than to critisize
others

6. Self Culture
 I am ________( 5 answers)
 Individualism Concept of giving priority to one’s
own goals
 CollectivismGiving priority to goals of one’s group
 Interdependent Self Constructing one’s identity in
relation to others

7. Self Knowledge
 Explaining our behaviour
 Predicting our behaviour
 Predicting our feeling

8. Predicting our behaviour
 Planning Fallacy Tendency to underestimate how
long it will take to complete a task

9. Predicting our Feeling
 Impact bias Overestimating the enduring impact of
emotion –causing event
 Immune Neglect human tendency to underestimate
the speed and strength of the “Psychological immune
system”.This enables the emotional recovery and
resilience after bad things happen

10. Self Analysis
 Self ReportUntrustworthy
 Dual Attitude Differing implicit(Automatic) and
Explicit( Consciously Controlled) attitude toward the
same object

11. Self Esteem and Self Efficacy
 Self Esteem Self Worth
 Self Efficacy individual’s ability to competent
enough
 Learned HelplessnessThe sense of hopelessness and
resignation learned when a human or animal perceives
to control over repeated bad events