PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Contact Hypothesis, In-Group Favoritism, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill L Atkinson

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Beliefs about oneself that guide how relevant info is processed (how we think about ourselves guides our behaviour and also how we think about others) Schematicity: the importance of particular self-s(cid:272)he(cid:373)a to o(cid:374)e"s self (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept. Affects how we view ourselves (judge others habits harshly for schematic-inconsistent actions) Although we feel that we are introspective and make sound decisions based on weighing the pros and cons, this is not always true (we think we have balanced views of things) We make mistakes and we have biases (affective forecasting and self-perception) Affective fore(cid:272)asti(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:373)(cid:455) pare(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ill kill (cid:373)e(cid:863)(cid:895: predicting how you will feel in the future, we are not good at this. We are not good judges of what will make us happy. We ha(cid:448)e trou(cid:271)le seei(cid:374)g through the filter of (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:863) We focus too much on the one good or bad event. Overestimate the intensity and duration of feelings. Overall feelings of approval and acceptance of the self.