Core Identity Traits

Various traits of our self-concept plays a large role in what we do in life and who we are. Our core identity traits often become a part of us at a young age before we are even conscious of them. These traits play a central role in developing our identity. Gratitude and curiosity are part of my core identity traits. Having gratitude in my life has let me be appreciative for what I have and expressing it to others. My curiousness has led me to be eager to learn about topics I am interested in such as psychology. Both of these traits influence what kind of relationships I have and who I want to be. I have come to know these aspects in myself through my beliefs and the perception of others outside of myself. I also came to recognize these traits
Our behavioral choices effect who we believe we are. Being grateful has led me to be a happier person. According to the self-perception theory the behavior of expressing graciousness to oneself or others comes first, with the thought of being grateful coming after. For example, after swimming almost wait deep in water I was able to move my car out of the O’Keefe parking lot. I thought about the students cars that were totaled due to the flooding and I felt lucky that I was able to salvage my car. Because I expressed the thought of gratitude to myself, I think that I have a grateful attitude. Being a curious person I notice myself always asking why type of questions. Because of this desire to always be learning it leads me to infer that I am a curious person. Social perception theory points out the idea that in order to find meaningful value in people, we must be engaging an activity that fulfills an external
I think this theory allows for people to get an accurate impression of me. This is the theory I notice myself using when someone makes an impression on me. Professors might notice I ask a lot of question in class. Because they notice I am eager to learn they could possibly infer I am a curious person. Multiple factors go into the correspondent inference theory. First is the freedom of choice, this relates back to me by me having the freedom of wanting to learn about psychology. Second is the expectedness as I think this plays an important role. In a school setting a professor might expect me to be curious about the class. Third is the intended effects or consequences of the behavior. Again by me being curious it could lead me to a higher participation grade which would be an added effect. I think most importantly it is important of being aware of how we interpret ourselves because that is most likely how we interpret