#selfconcept — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #selfconcept, aggregated by home.social.
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Western Psychology's Narrow Lens: A Critique of Its "Universal" Self
New critique says Western psychology's focus on 'psychological self' hurts non-Western people. It ignores the 'philosophical-cultural self'.
#PsychologyCritique, #CulturalSelf, #WesternBias, #GlobalPsychology, #SelfConcept
https://newsletter.tf/western-psychology-critique-self-concept-non-westerners/
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A new book says Western psychology, used worldwide, might not fit everyone. It focuses too much on what can be measured and not enough on cultural ideas of self.
#PsychologyCritique, #CulturalSelf, #WesternBias, #GlobalPsychology, #SelfConcept
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We can only rise as high as our deepest self-concept allows, regardless of our conscious desires. How are you upgrading your inner self-image today? #SelfConcept
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Photography: Engter, Germany, in July 2025
#Photography #canonEOS350D #summertime #selfportrait #selfAwareness #selfConcept #selfStaging #expression #oldWhiteMan #patriarchy #emancipation #masculinity #feminism #equalRights #humanRights #ego -
I also wonder how much of this tendency is externally imposed from an early age. We introduce each other with what we do as identifying tags: "this is Leona, she's a writer from Virginia". The validation we get reinforces how to introduce ourselves: "this is Leona, a housewife" does not carry the same cachet.
It becomes a cascade effect very fast....
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I also wonder how much of this tendency is externally imposed from an early age. We introduce each other with what we do as identifying tags: "this is Leona, she's a writer from Virginia". The validation we get reinforces how to introduce ourselves: "this is Leona, a housewife" does not carry the same cachet.
It becomes a cascade effect very fast....
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Paper alert: Pete McCarthy's impressive work with the Comparison Standards Scale for Appearance!
He explored the affective impact of comparison frequency and discrepancy, mediated/moderated by appearance schemas and psychopathology (N=300). Check it out:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280072
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Paper alert: Pete McCarthy's impressive work with the Comparison Standards Scale for Appearance!
He explored the affective impact of comparison frequency and discrepancy, mediated/moderated by appearance schemas and psychopathology (N=300). Check it out:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280072
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My heart expanded a little today seeing my talented student Aviv Mokady giving his first talk to the highly interdisciplinary crowd of the school of brain and cognitive sciences at #BenGurionUniversity
Aviv studies how our #selfConcept drives our behaviors and the role of the #reward circuitry in these processes.
Stay tuned for future works and for our #SPSP poster presentation!
