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Self-Concept & Identity

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Paper1977

Self-Schemata and Processing Information About the Self

Hazel Markus

People who hold a clear self-schema on a given trait dimension process information about that trait faster, recall more behavioural evidence for it, and resist information contrary to it, treating the self-concept as a cognitive structure that actively organises self-relevant information rather than a passive self-image.

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Paper1987

Self-Discrepancy: A Theory Relating Self and Affect

E. Tory Higgins

Different emotions follow from different mismatches between how people see themselves and their own standards: falling short of an ideal self produces dejection, falling short of an ought self produces agitation.

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Self-Schemata and Processing Information About the Self

Self-Discrepancy: A Theory Relating Self and Affect

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