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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
What Psychologists Mean By Self
The Study of Self in American Psychology
Overview of Text
Chapter Summary
2. The Nature of the Self
The Nature Of the ME
Self-Feeling, Self-Seeking, and Self-Preservation
The Nature of the I
Chapter Summary
3. The Search for Self-Knowledge
Beginning the Search for Self-Knowledge
Sources of Self-Knowledge
What Do People Think of Themselves?
How Do People Maintain Positive Self-Views?
Revisiting the Motives that Guide the Search for Self-Knowledge
Chapter Summary
4. Self-Development
Theories of Self-Development
The Course of Self-Development
Self-Development Across the Life Span
Chapter SUflzmary
5. The Self from a Cognitive Perspective
The Representation of Self-Knowledge
The Activation of Self-Knowledge
Processing Self-Relevant Information
Chapter Summary
6. Self-Regulation of Behavior
A General Model of Self-Regulation
Putting the Self into Self-Regulation
Applications to the Achievement Domain
Self-Regulation Failure
Chapter Summary
7. Self-Presentation
The Nature of Self-Presentation
Creating Desired Impressions
Self-Presentations and Private Self-Conceptions
Self-Presentation and Social Behavior
Chapter Summary
8. Self-Esteem
What is Self-Esteem?
The Nature and Origins of Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem and Responses to Evaluative Feedback
Implications and Reflections
Chapter Summary
9. Depression
Conceptual Overview
Self-Esteem Models of Depression
Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression
Attributional Models of Depression
Attentional Processes in Deprcssion
Chapter Summary
10. Illusion and Well-Being
Self-Knowledge and Psychological Health
Positive Illusions and Psychological Health
Limitations and Potential Costs of Positive Illusions
Chapter Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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