Between two selves: comparing global and local predictors of speed of switching between self-aspects

Autor:	Christina M. Brown, Harrison Stoll, Veronika S. Bailey, Allen R. McConnell
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Switching time Transition (fiction) 05 social sciences Self-concept 050109 social psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognition Psychology Social psychology 050105 experimental psychology General Psychology
Zdroj:	Self and Identity. 15:72-89
ISSN:	1529-8876 1529-8868
DOI:	10.1080/15298868.2015.1082499
Popis:	Self-concepts are composed of multiple self-aspects that vary in their momentary accessibility. When a particular self-aspect is active, it guides one’s cognition and behavior in a context-specific fashion. The current research quantified the ease with which people switch from one active self-aspect to another using a novel reaction time approach. Specifically, two studies tested how self-aspect switching speed is influenced by global (i.e., self-complexity) and local (i.e., self-aspect importance) features of the self-concept. The findings revealed that people transition between self-aspects more slowly when switching from a more important self-aspect to a less important one. In other words, important self-aspects are privileged within the working self-concept.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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