Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution: A Dual Systems Theory ISBN-13: 9780792375012

Author: Neal Lalwani

Brand: Springer

Edition: 2001

Number Of Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 9780792375012

Release Date: 30-09-2001

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches

Details: Self-awareness – the ability to recognize ones 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.