Week 4

• arena
• façade
• blind spot
• unknown

aspects of personality known to both the self and others

aspects known to the self but not others

aspects known to others but not the self

aspects unknown to both the self and others

understanding and predicting the actor's behaviour

protecting or enhancing their own self-worth

Relevant info exists for that trait (relevance)

info is available to the perceiver (availability)

info is noticed by the perceiver (detection)

info is interpreted correctly (utilization)

accurate self-perceptions about how one typically thinks, feels and behaves, and awareness of how those patterns are interpreted by others

the question of how we should assess accuracy

• self-perception can be compared to objective criteria 
• self-perceptions can be compared to perceptions of others who know the person well
• we can ask whether people know how they are seen by others

reflects the correspondence between people's beliefs about the impressions they make and others' actual impressions

reflects people's awareness of their reputation - do ppl know how they are generally seen by others?

reflects peoples' awareness of the impressions they make on specific individuals - do people know who sees them as especially dependable?