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PSY205 L1: Understanding the self in the social world, Scientific study of…
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We will always want to attribute behaviours to a cause and therefore make it orderly, predictable and conitnue
Intuition Capacities: automatic processing, implicit memory, heuristic, instant emotions and non-verbal communication
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Inherited human nature predisposes us to behave in ways that help our ancestor survive and reproduce
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When people arise, we often attribute more responsibility
When problems arise, we often attribute more responsibility to our partners than to ourselves
In hopes of making a good impression, we agonise about pir appearance
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Self Schema A mental by which we define and perceive our selves. Tend to favour information that is consistent
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looking in glass self theory how we think other perceive us is a mirror for how perceive & behaviour
Individualistic Culture- Self reliant & independent. Collectivistic Culture: Priority given to group desire/goals first
Individualistic culture: more personal & less relational Collectivistic culture:More malleable, not stable,
More resilient, smarter and stronger
Poor health, increased anxiety and likelihood to have eating disorders
A process of evaluating one's abilities and opinions by comparison with others. (1) Compare upwards (2) Compare downwards
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false consensus effect When we overestimate the commonality of our opinions or unsuccessful behaviour. false uniqueness when we underestimate the commonality of our abilities, virtues and successes
Defensive Pessimism saves us from unrealistic optimism. Anticipates problems & motivates effective coping
Related to our self esteem, to make ourselves feel good about us .
Perceive self control, has outcomes such as doing well in school, feelings of being in control brings positive outcome
Depleting self control - may lead to people devoting their limited resources to meaninful activities
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Occurs when we adopt self defeating behaviour which protects self esteem by attroibuting failure to external factors
A personality trait that involves the ability to monitor and regulate self presentation, emotion and behaviour in response to the environment and situation