The Self in European and North American Culture: Development and Processes

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: The Self from All Directions....Pages 1-4
Identity and Identity Processes: What are we talking about?....Pages 5-17
Identity Status Development and Students’ Perception of the University Environment: A Cohort-Sequential Study....Pages 19-32
Adolescent Identity Development and Social Context: Towards an Integrative Perspective....Pages 33-44
The Problem of Self-Continuity in the Context of Rapid Personal and Cultural Change....Pages 45-63
Self-Narratives as Personal Structures of Meaning....Pages 65-72
Narrative Self, Understanding, and Action....Pages 73-88
The Development of the Ability to Represent Oneself....Pages 89-101
Private Goals and Social Influences: The Complexity of Studying Self-System Development....Pages 103-126
The Self as a “Virtual Machine”: Structure versus Content....Pages 127-142
Self-Concept and Information-Processing: Methodological Problems and Theoretical Implications....Pages 143-158
On Integrating Cognitive and Motivational Explanations in Psychology....Pages 159-168
Low Mutuality of Self- and Other-Descriptions as a Risk Factor for Adolescents’ Competence and Self-Esteem....Pages 169-182
Paranoia and Self-Focused Attention....Pages 183-192
The Role of Optimism Versus Pessimism in the Experience of the Self....Pages 193-204
Self-Concept and Motivation during Adolescence: Their Influence on School Achievement....Pages 205-217
Dimensions of Math and Verbal Self-Concept and the Internal/External Frame of Reference Model....Pages 219-237
The Distinction between Self- and Other-Related Failure Outcome Expectancies: An Internal Domain Study of Indian and Norwegian Students....Pages 239-255
Cognitive Distinctness of Self — We — Others Schemata and the Tendency to Social Categorization....Pages 257-275
Three Dimensions of the Social Self....Pages 277-290
Facets of Self in Northern Ireland: Explorations and Further Questions....Pages 291-307
Isolating the Collective Self....Pages 309-322
What Evidence Does One Accept for the Workings of a Self?....Pages 323-332
Possum, ergo Sum—Nequeo, ergo Sum qui Sum....Pages 333-349
The Self and Taking an Intentional Stance....Pages 351-355
The Liberating and Constraining Aspects of Self: Why the Freed Bird Finds a New Cage....Pages 357-373
Discussion: A Multifaceted Multilevel Attack on the Self....Pages 375-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-395