Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution A Dual Systems Theory

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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:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology