Self-Awareness & Casual Attribution

by Duval, Thomas Shelley; Silvia, Paul J.; Lalwani, Neal

• ISBN13: 9780792375012
• ISBN10: 0792375017
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction & Overview	1	(16)
Self & Self Focused Attention	17	(14)
Standards of Correctness	31	(10)
Dynamics of the Comparison System	41	(8)
Causal Attribution	49	(16)
Intersecting the Comparison & Attribution Systems	65	(18)
Evaluation & Behavior	83	(22)
Dispositional Self Awareness	105	(14)
Effects of Self Awareness on Affect	119	(16)
Effects of Affect on Self-Awareness	135	(14)
Evaluating Other Theories	149	(10)
References	159	(14)
Author Index	173	(5)
Subject Index	178