PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Comparison Theory, Terror Management Theory, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Rana Pishva

Document Summary

Social cognition: perceptions, thoughts, and beliefs an individual may have about other groups, people, or situations. Self-concept: the sum total of beliefs/perceptions one has about oneself. Cognitive evaluation; how one thinks about oneself. Self- schema: beliefs that guide how one processes self-relevant information. Schematicity: the importance of particular self-schemas to a person"s self-concept. Affective forecasting: predicting how one would feel about a future emotional event, focalism. Failure to consider that other things in life impact our future emotions: duration bias. Overestimate time required to recover from a negative event: impact bias. Overestimate the effect that a situation will have on our lives. Self-perception theory: when internal cues are difficult to interpret, people determine their feelings by observing their own behaviour. Looking-glass self: other people serve as mirrors in which we see ourselves. Social comparison theory: people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.