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[Self-concept related information processing in relation to perceived personal ability].

W Mittag1

  • 1Freie Universität Berlin.

Archiv Fur Psychologie
|January 1, 1990
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Individuals with a high self-concept of ability process self-related information faster, confirming the presence of ability-consistent cognitive self-schemata. Those with low self-concept of ability showed no such processing bias.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Context:

  • Self-schemata are generalized self-representations guiding information processing.
  • Self-concept of ability is a specific variant of cognitive self-schemata.

Purpose:

  • To investigate how self-concept of ability influences the processing of self-related information.
  • To examine the existence of ability-consistent cognitive self-schemata.

Summary:

  • Participants rated ability-related adjectives for self-descriptiveness.
  • High self-concept individuals responded faster to ability-consistent adjectives.
  • Low self-concept individuals showed no significant difference in response times.

Impact:

  • Provides empirical support for the existence of ability-consistent self-schemata in individuals with high self-perceived ability.

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  • Highlights differences in self-information processing based on self-concept levels.
  • Informs understanding of self-perception and cognitive biases.