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social self

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show Self concept - how do people come to know themselves (eg. Height,IQ, political views, social skills) Self esteem - how do people evaluate themselves  
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self perception theory (Bem,1972)   show
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an example study (strack et al. 1988)   show
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similar study Zajonc, 1989   show
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show P's were instructed to sit either slumped or upright: p's sitting upright felt more pride after a task P's were told to lean forward or be slumped with their fists clenched . p's who leaned forward reported more anger; the others more sadness  
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show We know ourselves better on internal traits that are hard to observe (optimistic, anxious) No difference between us and friends in external observable traits (quiet,sociable,messy) Friends know us better on observable 'blind spots' (smart,creative,rude)  
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Effect of reward on intrinsic motivation   show
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show The tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associated with a reward or other extrinsic factors  
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show People evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others  
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show When: More likely when we are in a state of uncertainty Whom: More likely with people who are similar to us  
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social comparisons to evaluate our emotions Schachter et al., 1962 - PROCEDURE   show
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results of schachter's 1962 social comparison study   show
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schachter and singer 1962 - Two factor theory   show
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show C1: r's would say shocks are nasty C2: r's would say shock is pleasant Wait 10 mins before the experiment either with a confederate or alone = 60% of people waited with a confederate after told C1 in comparison to a 30% of people who were in C2  
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autobiographic memories   show
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4 ways that autobiographical memory serves the self (Pillemer et al. 1992)   show
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show 1) Ps asked to recall high school grades compared to actual marks. Most errors in grade inflations 2)People feel psychologically closer to their positive than their negative memories 3)current self concept colours what we remember from the past  
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show an affective component of the self consisting of a persons positive and negative self evaluations  
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the need for self esteem   show
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self focusing effect on behaviour (bateson et al., 2006)   show
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show • We control behaviour to strive personal and social aims All self control efforts draw from a single source and exercising self control is like flexing a muscle: it gets tired and loses strength (Muraven & Baumeister,2000)  
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4 methods to enhance self esteem   show
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show View positive traits as more descriptive of themselves than negative traits Overestimate their efforts to team success Predict that they have a brighter future Seek more info about their own strengths than their own weaknesses  
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self handicapping strategies   show
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show A defensive tendency that is used as a means of self-evaluation. When a person looks to another individual or group that they consider to be worse off than themselves in order to feel better about their self or personal situation  
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