PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intelligence Quotient, Wine Tasting

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PSYC215–Lecture#11:SelfAwarenessandSelfRegulation

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ExamplesofSelfRegulation

∙Drivingduringtheweekenddownthehighwayandtheprofessor’scarspeedsup

oSometimeshedoesitonpurposebecausehelikesit

oButthenherealizesitswrongtospeedexcessively

oAdangertoothersandhimselfontheroad

oThereforehehasaclearstandardthatheshouldnotspeedtoomuch

∙Anotherexamplewouldbetheprofessorwantstoeatalotofchocolate

oButheknowsheshouldonlyeatacertainamountinordertocontrolhisweight

oExerciseistheoppositewherehedoesn’twanttodoit,butneedstopushhimself

∙Currentselfregulationchallengeisprobablystudying,duetomidtermsseason

oWewanttodootherthingsbutweneedtocontrolourbehavior

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SelfAwareness=degreetowhichapersonispayingattentiontohis/herownthoughts,

feelings,andbehaviors

∙Somesourcesofselfawareness:

oSocialdisruptions

§Somethinggoeswrongandwedon’tknowhowtoactsocially,wesuddenly

becomeawareofourselves

oSalienceofself

§Salience:somethingstandsoutagainstthebackoftheenvironment

§Perhapswechangedourappearanceatonetimetomakeourselvesstand

out

oPersonalityvariable

§Somefocusmoreonthemselvesthanothers

oSelffocusingstimuli

§Somethingintheenvironmentfocusesitsattentiononyou

§Perhapsavideocamerainresearchfocusesonyou

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EffectsofSelfAwareness

∙Selfevaluation

∙Discrepancies?–IfYESànegativeaffect

∙Wicklund(1978)

oAskedpeopletoratecarpetsamples

§Askedtofeelthetextureofacarpetandhowmuchtheylikedit

oButactuallyWicklundwasgettingthemtoratethemselvesandtheirselfesteem

oInonecondition,therewasacamerapointedattheparticipantandtheirfacewas

onthemonitor

§Makestheparticipantmoreselfawareandfocusmoreonthemselves

oSecondcondition,therewasnoimageonthemonitoratall

oThirdcondition,themonitorshowedacowboymovie

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