PSYC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Construals, Positive Illusions, Automaticity
21 Apr 2016
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The actor"s subjective understanding or definition of his intentions. Humans actively construe and even construct the phenomena that they encounter. The impact of an objective stimulus critically depends on the meaning we attach to it. Contributed to variability of human behaviour (mischel) Most men, indeed, as well as most sections in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and that others differ from them, it is so far error benjamin franklin, 1787. Subjective experience does not equal objective reality. Do not fully appreciate the subjectivity of our own perceptions. Do not allow for other"s construal when interpreting other"s behaviour. Or, differences in construal are because other"s are biased. I struggle with ambiguities, others see the world as black and white. We are both 1) oblivious to and 2) exaggerate other"s construal. They saw a game (hastorf & cantril, 1954) Rough game with many penalties and some serious injuries.
