Development, Maintenance and Removal of Self-Schemas

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In certain cases, a schema can undergo schema-change due to the schema having too much error and inaccuracy. Rothbart (1981) proposed three different kind of process which leads to a schema change. The “bookkeeping” model (Rothbart, 1981) is an incremental alteration of each disconfirming information. The bits of disconfirming information only exerts a small change in the schema and primal changes occur step-by-step. The second model is the “conversion” model (Rothbart,1981). It is an unexpected extreme change to schema due to the accumulation of disconfirming information that gradually increases. The last model is “subtyping” model (Brewer, Dull, & Lui, 1981; Taylor, 1981) which proposes schema changes due to the formation of subtypes caused by the schema-inconsistent information. The schema branches out and change from a generic category to more rigid subcategories.

To sum it all up, self-schemas plays an important role in the growth of a human being as it affects the way a person thinks of themselves. It evolves as a person goes through life as it is developed from the past social experience and behaviour. Self-schemas are often maintained throughout a person’s whole life unless there is a radical schema-inconsistent information that disrupts the schema balance.

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