Self-schemata and processing information about the self.
@article{Markus1977SelfschemataAP, title={Self-schemata and processing information about the self.}, author={Hazel Rose Markus}, journal={Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}, year={1977}, volume={35}, pages={63-78} }
Attempts to organize, summarize, or explain one's own behavior in a particular domain result in the formation of cognitive structures about the self or selfschemata. Self-schemata are cognitive generalizations about the self, derived from past experience, that organize and guide the processing of the self-related information contained in an individual's social experience. The role of schemata in processing information about the self is examined by linking self-schemata to a number of specific…
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