The Social Self

Baumeister, Roy F.; Masicampo, E. J.; Twenge, Jean M.

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“…This corresponds with the findings of Sabat and Harre [43], who found that, when positive social interaction took place and there was an opportunity for self-expression, self-esteem was supported. According to Baumeister and Twenge [44], who stressed that having close and meaningful human relationships are crucial parts of the self, one can assume that the relatives’ contribution is of great importance for the usage of the digital photo diary to be meaningful for the person with dementia. One study [45] reported that the relatives play an important role as a trigger for people suffering from dementia to be able to re-construct their memory through conversation.…”

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Professional Caregivers’ Perceptions on how Persons with Mild Dementia Might Experience the Usage of a Digital Photo Diary

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Sävenstedt²,

Lundquist³

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Open Nurs J

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Cognitive impairments influence the possibility of persons with dementia to remember daily events and maintain a sense of self. In order to address these problems a digital photo diary was developed to capture information about events in daily life. The device consisted of a wearable digital camera, smart phone with Global Positioning System (GPS) and a home memory station with computer for uploading the photographs and touch screen. The aim of this study was to describe professional caregiver’s perceptions on how persons with mild dementia might experience the usage of this digital photo diary from both a situation when wearing the camera and a situation when viewing the uploaded photos, through a questionnaire with 408 respondents. In order to catch the professional caregivers’ perceptions a questionnaire with the semantic differential technique was used and the main question was “How do you think Hilda (the fictive person in the questionnaire) feels when she is using the digital photo diary?”. The factor analysis revealed three factors; Sense of autonomy, Sense of self-esteem and Sense of trust. An interesting conclusion that can be drawn is that professional caregivers had an overall positive view of the usage of digital photo diary as supporting autonomy for persons with mild dementia. The meaningfulness of each situation when wearing the camera and viewing the uploaded pictures to be used in two different situations and a part of an integrated assistive device has to be considered separately. Individual needs and desires of the person who is living with dementia and the context of each individual has to be reflected on and taken into account before implementing assistive digital devices as a tool in care.

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confidence: 99%

Professional Caregivers’ Perceptions on how Persons with Mild Dementia Might Experience the Usage of a Digital Photo Diary

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Sävenstedt²,

Lundquist³

et al. 2012

Open Nurs J

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“…Such responses to our behaviors affect our sense of self and subsequent behaviors. This pattern of interaction is reflected in the following model: than did the actual response (Baumeister, Masicampo & Twenge, 2013). The fact that we are responding to what we perceive invites inaccuracy and distortion of actual responses.…”

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Symbolic Interactionism

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Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia

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Interpersonal, Small Group, Cultural. Questions It Addresses in Our Every Day Lives:1. How our interactions with others affect our sense of self.2. The importance of symbols/language to society.3. Where our mind and humanness comes from. Theory in a Nutshell• We acquire symbols from interactions with society/other people.• Acquiring symbols allows us to develop a sense of self and a mind (we think by way of symbols).• Societies exist because people are able to interact with each another through symbols. Visualization of Symbolic Interaction Theory Mind Symbol Self Society"Symbols include words and many objects, and almost all acts around others contain a symbolic element. Words are the most important symbols, making human thinking possible." Joel M.Charon (2007, p. 58).crystalized and extended Mead's ideas and was the person who described the ideas as "symbolic interactionism." While Mead studied philosophy and taught in philosophy departments, his work is fundamental to sociology and social psychology. He was quite interdisciplinary in his thinking and teaching, covering a range from social psychology to the philosophy of education.However, sorting out the major premises of symbolic interactionism is challenging because his writings drift toward the philosophical, are incomplete and sketchy, and in some instances, are based on compilations from the notes his students took of his lectures (Blumer, 2004). As a result, he didn't produce what we might typically expect for fully articulated theory.However, one important way that symbolic interactionism qualifies as a theory is that, besides standing the test of time, it has been the foundation for an enormous amount of research.Differences in the conceptualization of symbolic interaction and the focus of scholars led to the application of different methods known by the universities in which groups of like-minded scholars resided. For example, the Chicago School focused on the human role in developing the social world thus applied field studies, while the Iowa School focused on the idea of a core self and strong empirical methods.Mead was driven by a desire to understand the relationship between individuals and societies; between a self and others. As simple as it might seem, one profound insight he had was that a person's sense of self emerges from interaction with others (social interaction/society) and that societies emerge from interactions among people's selves. Neither the self nor society can exist without the other. This simple premise has vast implications for human behavior and communication in particular which are explored in this chapter. In this summary of the symbolic interaction theory, the focus will be on those elements that have the most immediate application to human communication and/or have been most broadly embraced.

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“…Decades of psychological research into human behavior and evolution have established that human beings are fundamentally social creatures (Baumeister, Masicampo, & Twenge, 2013). Social belonging has been identified as an important aspect of many fitness-relevant behaviors, such as child-rearing, mate acquisition, and self-protection (Neuberg et al, 2010).…”

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“…Decades of psychological research into human behavior and evolution have revealed that human beings are fundamentally social creatures (Baumeister, Masicampo, & Twenge, 2013).…”

Section: Overview Of Social Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We each experience our individual, autonomous selves, but research suggests much of our dayto-day lives are dedicated to promoting and maintaining relational value so we can securely belong with others (Baumeister et al, 2013;Leary, 2010). Social belonging has been identified as an important aspect of many fitness-relevant behaviors, such as child-rearing, mate acquisition, and self-protection (Neuberg et al, 2010).…”

Section: Overview Of Social Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Career Decision-Making within the College Social Microcosm: Social Value Determinants, Self-Enhancement Bias, and Psychological Needs

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The study of career decision-making has progressed to allow for an expanded, overarching view of the process (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 2000; Sharf, 2013). This broader perspective takes into account social and contextual variables to help explain the way individuals move forward in their career development. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994, 2002) is one example of a model that seeks to explain interest development, the career choice process, and performance in the context of one's environment. The SCCT career decision-making theory is of most interest to the present discussion. It emphasizes not only individual difference factors, but also the environmental factors inextricably linked to the person and his or her career-related thoughts and behavior. Social Cognitive Career Theory Model of Career Choice This model stems from adaptations of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (1986) to career decision-making (CDM), focusing most heavily on three main variables as personal determinants of CDM: Self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and personal goals (Lent et al., 2002). These three CDM "building blocks" theoretically enable people to exercise personal control over their CDM processes, and interact with each other within the individual's environmental context (Lent et al., 2000). The model posits that learning experiences first influence self-efficacy and outcome expectations, which in turn affect interests, choice goals, and choice actions (Lent et al., 2002; Sharf, 2013). It is an iterative process that SCCT theorists emphasize occurs within the contextual factors of an individual's larger environment. As CDM does not occur in a vacuum of ideal circumstances, barriers are included in the model (Lent et al., 2000, 2002). They can take the form of background contextual factors (e.g., gender roles expectations, culture) or proximal

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The Social Self

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References 163 publications

Professional Caregivers’ Perceptions on how Persons with Mild Dementia Might Experience the Usage of a Digital Photo Diary

Professional Caregivers’ Perceptions on how Persons with Mild Dementia Might Experience the Usage of a Digital Photo Diary

Symbolic Interactionism

Career Decision-Making within the College Social Microcosm: Social Value Determinants, Self-Enhancement Bias, and Psychological Needs

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