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Kanagawa, Chie, Susan E. Cross, and Hazel Rose Markus. Who Am I? The Cultural Psychology
Annotate here: This relates to my topic because it is about how we perceive ourselves. As well as
how it may change based on environment and social interaction. This study also researched the
differences in how people saw themselves from multiple angles. It compared differences between
american college students and Japanese college students to get a different cultural perspective.
I did some research on the authors of this and heres what I found. Hazel Rose Markus is a
prominent social psychologist and a pioneer in the field of cultural psychology, shes even won the
Guggenheim
Fellowship for Social Sciences award. Susan E. Cross is Dr. of Psychology, who is a
professor at Iowa state university. As for Chie Kanagawa, She seems to have participated in other research
works, but I can not find any further details on her and her credibility; however, I assume that because she
has participated in others as well as the fact that the other two participants in this study are highly esteemed
I would guess that she is a credible author.
To summarize the article it should be stated this was a study. They researched different groups of
people, more specifically American and Japanese college students as i had stated earlier. They compared
different self views between the two cultures. They asked questions about things like, physical traits,
relationship status, aspirations, possessions, attitudes, abilities, and miscellaneous things like their birthday.
When asked questions about how they viewed themselves, they expected results that were the opposite of
what the two cultures provided as answers.
Self-Esteem." The Journal of Early Adolescence 3.1-2 (1983): 121-40. Web. 10 Dec.
2016. <https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/D_Demo_Conceiving_1983.pdf>. This relates to my topic
because is about the concept of self. Personal views we have towards ourselves both positive and
negative. It talks about self esteem which is one of the biggest parts when talking about finding
yourself. It also focuses on adolescent portion of life because that's when most start to take this
journey, adolescence and early adulthood.
Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Ph.D, is a professor of developmental psychology at Cornell
University who specializes in gay, lesbian, and bisexual research. David H. Demo, Ph.D. Associate
Dean for Academic Administration and Professor Human Development and Family Studies in the
School of Health and Human Sciences. Them both being involved with colleges at a higher level of
involvement speaks for their qualifications and credibility. One of them more specifically studies
those who are known to sometimes have accounts on how it was to find themselves and be
comfortable with who they are, making him more experienced in the subject.
This article is more of a research paper than it is and actual article about the concept. It
brings up a bunch of previous studies and their findings when studying the concept of the self. They
talk about how the concept of self is different from motor behavior or other things like that because it
is unable to be measured. It evaluates multiple studies between, the dimensions of self esteem,
self-feelings, your experienced self, self esteem based on context situations, and others. This journal
would be more helpful for finding research numbers and such rather than a psychological standpoint
on the idea of "Finding yourself".
Campbell, Jennifer D., and Loraine F. Lavallee. "Who Am I? The Role of Self-Concept
Confusion in Understanding the Behavior of People with Low Self-Esteem." Self-esteem: The Puzzle
of Low Self-regard. New York: Plenum, 1993. 3-20. The Plenum Ser. in Social / Clinical Psychology.
Springer Link. Springer US. Web. 10 Dec. 2016.
<http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-8956-9_1>. This source relates to my article
because, as stated in an earlier citation, it deals with self esteem which is one of the most important
parts of how we see ourselves. You can't find yourself until you start to have more positive self
views, which in turn just means better self esteem. This source in particular talks about negative self
esteem it's effects as well as coping mechanisms or ways of having better self esteem. Jennifer D.
Campbell received a PhD. in Psychology from University of Georgia, 1982. Professor Campbell's
major research interests include self-esteem, self-concept clarity, social cognition, conformity,
attraction, and self-evaluation maintenance strategies. Dr. Loraine Lavallee has an interdisciplinary
background having completed a BA in history, a Ph.D. in social psychology. Her research interests
include Subjective Well-Being, Coping, and the Self: life satisfaction measurement & link to
conservation, healthy and harmful self-esteem, responses to stressful events, coping and well-being.
It first starts off talking about how those with low self esteem will have negative views while those
who have higher self esteem will tend to frame themselves in a more positive light. It states its
difference between the ides of self-concept which is the personal beliefs one may hold. As well as
the difference between self knowledge "Who am I?, and self evaluation "How do i feel about
myself?". This study ultimately aims to help with the understanding of people who suffer from low
self esteem- as well as possibly lead to some ways to help those with the problem. Getting rid of self
esteem issues is often the first step to finding yourself.