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The benefits of self-knowledge
- Knowing oneself helps with realistic decision-making, such as life partner choices, education and career, and where to live.
- It helps to form our understanding of others.
- It helps to make sense of experiences.
- It helps with proactive responses instead of reactivity.
- It is important for encouraging positive change.
A lack of self-knowledge leads to over-estimation of one's strengths, which can cause lower life satisfaction.
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Use self-knowledge for self-mastery
- Self-knowledge includes honest self-assessment that can lead to positive changes.
- Self-knowledge leads to a meaningful narrative of our lives and a sense of continuity.
- Knowing ourselves helps us live consistent and fulfilling lives, help to understand our basic motivations, ...
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Six theories about self-knowledge
- Unmediated observation model - We get self-knowledge through our thoughts, separate from outside knowledge.
- Transparency model - Reflecting and then deciding for yourself about the state of the world.
- Social constructionism -...
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Self-knowledge vs self-awareness
Self-knowledge is information about subjective tendencies, for example, our emotional state or behavioural patterns.
Self-awareness is awareness about our moods or thoughts about that mood. It is the path toward self-knowledge.
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Self-knowledge in psychology
In psychology, self-knowledge is accurate information one possesses about oneself.
This includes knowledge about our emotional state, personality traits, relationships, opinions, beliefs, values, needs, goals, preferences, social identity and behavioural patterns.
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Psychosocial domains
- Blind spots. These are unconscious processes that prevent us from self-knowledge.
- Self-deception. In this state, we believe our wishful thinking.
- Conflict triggers. These are others' words or actions that are perceived as off...
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Sources that contribute to self-knowledge
- The physical world. It is limited to physical information about ourselves such as height and weight.
- Social comparisons with others who are better off and worse off than us.
- Reflected appraisals. We see ourselves reflected th...
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Self-knowledge, self-identity, and self-concept
- Sheldon Stryker states that identity is a part of one's self that is evoked while interacting with other people.
- Self-concept is the image we develop about ourselves. It may or may not be based on reality.
- Self-knowledge come...
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