Josué García-Arch (1), Solenn Friedrich (1), Xiongbo Wu (2), David Cucurell (1) y Lluís Fuentemilla (1)
(1) Dept. de Psicología de la Cognición, Desarrollo y Educación, Universidad de Barcelona, España
(2) Dept. of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Alemania
(cc) Josué García-Arch.
According to current research, what we think of ourselves (our self-concept) is shaped by, mainly, the positive feedback that we receive during our daily lifes. However, contrary to this view, in a recent study we showed that we tend to incorporate external information into our self-beliefs when that information matches how we already see ourselves. These findings suggest that we prioritize internal coherence rather than the mere pursuit of a positive self-view.
