PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Dissonance, Implicit-Association Test, Attitude Change
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Self-construal processes: (1) observation (2) assimilation and differentiation (3) self-narrative (4) self-perception (5) social construction. Two factor theory of emotions by schachter & singer: 1st group: administrate epipen but cheat as (cid:862)viatmin(cid:863). 3rd group: told to be epipen but actually not. (cid:862)euphoria study(cid:863): epi-ign 1st. Group > placebo 2nd group > epi-inf 3rd group (cid:862)anger study(cid:863): epi-ign > placebo > epi-inf. This pair of studies suggests arousal can be transferred between emotions. (cid:862)the bridge study(cid:863): dutton & aron. Social construction of the self: social feedback can shape virtually on our sense of self. (a) intersubjectivity. Chimps who were raised alone did not show self-recognition on rouge test of mirror. If they were allowed to live with other chimps for a few months, then they developed self-cognition. (b) symbolic interactionism. --human interact with each other largely in terms of symbols, which have agreed-upon, shared meanings. --we perceive self by taking the viewpoint of others: