Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution: A Dual Systems Theory

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

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-10-21

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781461355793

ISBN-13: 9781461355793

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1489-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 179