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Self-consciousness (Awareness)

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us: Self-consciousness (Awareness)


  • Here are entered works on the awareness that humans have of their own selves. Works on sensitivity about one's appearance, behavior, or other attributes and excessive concern for the impression one makes on others are entered under [Self-consciousness (Sensitivity).] Works on observation and recording of one's own behavior are entered under [Self-monitoring.]

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    • us: Self-awareness
    • us: Self-consciousness

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Self-consciousness

  • Sources

    • found: Baker encyc. of psych. (self-consciousness: 1) awareness that humans have of their own selves, ability to reflect on and be aware of oneself; 2) ill-at-ease feeling experienced by a person who is uncomfortably aware of self in social situations)
    • found: APA dict. of psych. (self-consciousness: 1) personality trait associated with tendency to reflect on or think about oneself, 2) extreme sensitivity about one's own behavior, appearance, or other attributes and excessive concern about impression one makes on others)
    • found: Oxford comp. to philosophy, 2005 (self-consciousness: "more cautiously, it might be argued that the core of the intuitive notion of self-consciousness is what might be called introspective self-awareness ...")

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on the awareness that humans have of their own selves. Works on sensitivity about one's appearance, behavior, or other attributes and excessive concern for the impression one makes on others are entered under [Self-consciousness (Sensitivity).] Works on observation and recording of one's own behavior are entered under [Self-monitoring.]

  • Example Notes

    • Notes under [Self-consciousness (Sensitivity); Self-monitoring]

  • Change Notes

    • 2007-04-03: new
    • 2010-08-26: revised

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