Do you know who you are? Can you accurately predict how you will behave in a certain situation? What do you know about your character traits? Research has shown that most people think they themselves know they character better than anyone else and could predict their future and daily behavior more accurately than anyone else (Pronin, Kruger, Savitsky&Ross, 2001; Vazire & Mehl, 2008). This sounds logical, because a person has accumulated
lots of information about himself as well as experience during his whole life and has privileged access to his feelings and thoughts. But do these predictions correspond with the
reality? Or are there motives that deform our self-evaluation? In this term paper I will analyze how we perceive ourselves, whether we accurately perceive our character traits and which factors influence our self-evaluation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Is it possible to evaluate the self accurately? - Analysis using the example of daily behavior
- Daily behavior as an indicator for the character traits
- Are people able to predict their daily behaviors? - An empirical study
- Bias
- Does bias occur because of an inaccurate self-evaluation or evaluation of others?
- For what traits are the people likely to self-enhance?
- Coherence between self-esteem and self-enhancement
- Impact of self-enhancement
- Discrimination
- Definition of the term Discrimination
- An empirical study on Discrimination
- Conclusion
Objectives and Key Themes
The main objective of this paper is to analyze how accurately we perceive ourselves, specifically focusing on our character traits. The paper investigates whether our self-evaluations align with reality and explores the factors that influence our self-perception.
- Self-Perception and Accuracy
- Daily Behavior as an Indicator of Character
- Self-Enhancement Bias
- Discrimination
- The Role of Others in Self-Perception
Chapter Summaries
The introduction presents the topic of self-perception and its relationship to character traits, highlighting the potential for self-deception. It establishes the paper's aim to analyze our self-awareness and the factors that influence our self-evaluation.
The second chapter focuses on the use of daily behavior as a reliable indicator of character. It cites research that suggests our daily interactions can reveal our personality traits. The chapter also explores whether individuals or those close to them can accurately predict daily behavior.
Chapter three delves into the concept of bias in self-perception, examining whether inaccuracies in self-evaluation or the evaluation of others contribute to this bias. It further explores the types of traits individuals are likely to self-enhance and the consequences of such self-enhancement.
The fourth chapter focuses on the concept of discrimination. It defines the term and presents an empirical study related to this topic. The paper does not provide a summary of the conclusion or final chapter to avoid spoilers.
Keywords
The key terms and concepts explored in this paper include: self-perception, character traits, daily behavior, self-enhancement, bias, discrimination, accuracy of self-evaluation, Johari Window, self-knowledge, and the “Act Frequency Approach.”
- Arbeit zitieren
- Julia Sinicyna (Autor:in), 2009, Self-perception of character, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/133515
