Concept of Self

According to William James, which term refers to the 'self as known'?

Which theory emphasizes the role of 'social self' in personality development?

What is the main focus of Carl Rogers' theory of self?

Which psychologist is associated with the concept of the 'looking-glass self'?

Who coined the term 'self-concept'?

Explain how projective techniques assess personality.

Discuss how self-report measures are different from projective techniques of personality assessment.

What is the humanistic approach to personality? How does it help us to understand the nature of healthy personality?

How would Horney’s explanation of depression be different from that of Alfred Adler?

How does Freud explain the structure of personality?

What is the trait approach to personality? What are the main dimensions of personality in this approach?

What are the main features of personality?

Describe the concept of personality.

What is meant by delay of gratification? Why is it considered important for adult development?

How does the Indian notion of self differ from the Western notion?

What is the meaning of self-regulation?

How do psychologists characterise and define self?

Read the passage given below to answer. In our day-to day life, we assign certain causes or reasons to a person's behaviour. This process is called attribution. Broadly, causes of a person are attributed to internal and external factors. Internal factors are related to situation. With reference to success and failure, Weiner has classified causes into internal/ external and stable/ unstable factors. In general, people attribute success to internal factors such as their ability and hard work. However, failure is attributed to external factors such as task difficulty and bad luck. Ability / fate and hard-work/task-difficulty are considered as stable and unstable factors respectively. Stable factors refer to those causes that do not change with time. It has been observed that people have a tendency to give greater weightage to internal factors than external one. This phenomenon is called the fundamental attribution error. This tendency is stronger in some cultures than in others. Research suggests that Indians tend to make more external attributions than Americans do.

Weiner is famous for his work on:

Read the passage given below to answer. In our day-to day life, we assign certain causes or reasons to a person's behaviour. This process is called attribution. Broadly, causes of a person are attributed to internal and external factors. Internal factors are related to situation. With reference to success and failure, Weiner has classified causes into internal/ external and stable/ unstable factors. In general, people attribute success to internal factors such as their ability and hard work. However, failure is attributed to external factors such as task difficulty and bad luck. Ability / fate and hard-work/task-difficulty are considered as stable and unstable factors respectively. Stable factors refer to those causes that do not change with time. It has been observed that people have a tendency to give greater weightage to internal factors than external one. This phenomenon is called the fundamental attribution error. This tendency is stronger in some cultures than in others. Research suggests that Indians tend to make more external attributions than Americans do.

Fundamental attribution error is known as a tendency to give greater weightage to :
 

Read the passage given below to answer. In our day-to day life, we assign certain causes or reasons to a person's behaviour. This process is called attribution. Broadly, causes of a person are attributed to internal and external factors. Internal factors are related to situation. With reference to success and failure, Weiner has classified causes into internal/ external and stable/ unstable factors. In general, people attribute success to internal factors such as their ability and hard work. However, failure is attributed to external factors such as task difficulty and bad luck. Ability / fate and hard-work/task-difficulty are considered as stable and unstable factors respectively. Stable factors refer to those causes that do not change with time. It has been observed that people have a tendency to give greater weightage to internal factors than external one. This phenomenon is called the fundamental attribution error. This tendency is stronger in some cultures than in others. Research suggests that Indians tend to make more external attributions than Americans do.

People generally attribute failure to