Self-Awareness and Self-Consciousness: A Review from the Perspective of Social Psychology

Year 2022, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 437 - 445, 27.12.2022

Hanzade Aslan Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1029405

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The terms of self-awareness and self-consciousness, which have been mentioned under various different names for centuries, they are also studied experimentally in social psychology. Within the concept of this study, the information about descriptions, raised theories, suggested concepts, significant studies and adjusted scales on these terms are reviewed from the perspective of social psychology. Although there are various different descriptions of these terms under various disciplines and a wide range of relevant literature, this study is approached only from the perspective of social psychology and limited with the most efficient studies included in the published social psychology literature. The review shall be an enlightening source for the researchers studying on social psychology and the self-concept and is concluded with suggestions on further research interests.

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Self, Self-Awareness, Self-Consciousness

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Özfarkındalık ve Özbilinç: Sosyal Psikoloji Bakış Açısıyla Bir Derleme

Abstract

Pek çok alanda yüzyıllardır farklı isimler altında söz edilmiş olan özfarkındalık ve özbilinç kavramları hakkında söylenenlerin temelleri asırlar öncesine dayanmasına rağmen sosyal psikolojide de deneysel çalışmalar yapıldığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada bu kavramlar hakkında sosyal psikoloji bakış açısıyla yapılmış tanımlar, geliştirilmiş kuramlar, öne sürülen kavramlar, yapılan önemli çalışmalar ile geliştirilen ve uyarlanan ölçekler hakkında bilgiler derlenmiştir. Bu kavramlar farklı disiplinlerde farklı tanımlanmakta ve bu konudaki literatürün kapsamı geniş olsa da, bu çalışmada konu sadece sosyal psikoloji bakış açısından ele alınmış ve sosyal psikoloji literatürü genelindeki yayınlarda en etkili olmuş çalışmalarla sınırlı tutulmuştur. Derleme, sosyal psikoloji ve benlik konularında çalışan araştırmacılara ışık tutacak olup, gelecekteki araştırma alanları hakkında öneriler ile tamamlanmıştır.

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Benlik, Özfarkındalık, Özbilinç

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