PSYC 626

The Self from the Perspective of Social Psychology

A contemporary view of social psychologys theory and research into The Self. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, projected and reflected appraisal; social comparison theory; the sociometer approach to self-esteem; the content and structure of self-knowledge; remembered selves, possible selves, and feared selves; information processing, autobiographical memory and semantic memory; the self-motives of enhancement, protection, and improvement; self-presentation and impression management; and the self as it might be influenced by group and culture

Units: 3.0