Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution A Dual Systems Theory
Synopsis
Self-awareness - the ability to recognize one's existence - is one of the most important variables in psychology. Without self-awareness, people would be unable to self-reflect, recognize differences between the self and others, or compare themselves with internalized standards. Social, clinical, and personality psychologists have recognized the significance of self-awareness in human functioning, and have conducted much research on how it participates in everyday life and in psychological dysfunctions. Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution: A Dual-Systems Theory presents a new theory of how self-awareness affects thought, feeling, and action. Based on experimental social-psychological research, the authors describe how several interacting cognitive systems determine the links between self-awareness and organized activity. This theory addresses when people become self-focused, how people internalize and change personal standards, when people approach or avoid troubling situations, and the nature of self-evaluation. Special emphasis is given to causal attribution, the process of perceiving causality. Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution will be useful to social, clinical, and personality psychologists, as well as to anyone interested in how the self relates to motivation and emotion.
Book details
- Edition:
- 2001
- Author:
- Thomas Shelley Duval, Paul J Silvia, Neal Lalwani
- ISBN:
- 9781461514893
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780792375012
- Publisher:
- Springer US
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2021-02-26
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2001
- Copyright by:
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Categories:
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Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology