PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Social Comparison Theory
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The perceiver shapes reality - how our self-conceptions shape reality. *effects of the self on perception and memory. *nisbett & wilson studies they ask people why they did something, almost everyone said it wrong. *raising the tide - priming the concept of tide. *ratings of a warm or cold instructor after they watch the professor, they give reasons about the cold and warm professor (clear more articulate better than cold) *affective forcasting strong emotional reaction; *we"re bad at forecasting thing. In things that we thought would hurt, it would not be a big problem at all; terrible coz were not good at (situation affects us) *when big events happen people respond when small things happen, they"re taken for granted. *mcguire"s describe yourself studies - kids are respondents reserchers ask them to describe themselves (things that sets them apart are the words they use to describe themselves)