Essential self-evaluation motives: caring about who we are
Essential self-evaluation motives: caring about who we are
This chapter argues that people care deeply about who they are: that is, their evaluation of their own self as a whole matters greatly to them, one way or another. These evaluations reflect the impact of various self-evaluation motives, or self-motives. Much human psychology addresses the interplay of these self-motives, and whether and how they harmonize or clash. The chapter considers humans’ two most fundamental motivations, which are important elements of the human essence: self-assessment and self-enhancement. The chapter suggests that “the essence of being human is caring about who one is and wishing for it to be some desirable way, but at the same time having the conclusions one wants to draw constrained by rationality.”
self, self-evaluation, self-enhancement, self-assessment, self-verification
59-70
Sedikides, Constantine
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Gregg, Aiden P
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1 January 2018
Sedikides, Constantine
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Gregg, Aiden P
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Sedikides, Constantine and Gregg, Aiden P
(2018)
Essential self-evaluation motives: caring about who we are.
In,
van Zomeren, M. and Dovidio, J.
(eds.)
The Handbook of the Human Essence.
Oxford, GB.
Oxford University Press, .
(doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190247577.013.4).
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This chapter argues that people care deeply about who they are: that is, their evaluation of their own self as a whole matters greatly to them, one way or another. These evaluations reflect the impact of various self-evaluation motives, or self-motives. Much human psychology addresses the interplay of these self-motives, and whether and how they harmonize or clash. The chapter considers humans’ two most fundamental motivations, which are important elements of the human essence: self-assessment and self-enhancement. The chapter suggests that “the essence of being human is caring about who one is and wishing for it to be some desirable way, but at the same time having the conclusions one wants to draw constrained by rationality.”
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Accepted/In Press date: May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 November 2017
Published date: 1 January 2018
Keywords:
self, self-evaluation, self-enhancement, self-assessment, self-verification
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