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Article: Effects of Self-Schema Elaboration on Affective and Cognitive Reactions to Self-Relevant Information.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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HOW THE SELF-CONCEPT influences the search for and the processing of self-relevant information is one of the most intensely discussed questions in self-concept research. How do people respond to self-concept discrepant positive and negative feedback or self-concept consistent feedback? For example, will they be most satisfied with positive feedback (affective reaction) or do they judge self-consistent feedback as especially valid and reliable (cognitive reaction)?
Answers to these questions have been provided by self-enhancement theory and self-consistency theory. In this article, both of these theories are illustrated in more detail, after which we will introduce ...
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