PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Comparison Theory, Self-Awareness, Basking In Reflected Glory
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Contrast between different self lead to affect difference. Contrast between actual discrepancy and ideal discrepancy. Contrast between actual discrepancy and ought discrepancy. Turn others" expectation into your own ideal thoughts. Self construal leads to difference in self-awareness. Self awareness has impact on affective response depending on the self- discrepancy people are experiencing. Collection of strategies we use to make ourselves feel good about self. Comparison with people who are worse than us. Blame others for the things you did. Making statements or engaging in behaviors that help create non- threatening explanation for failure. I didn"t sleep well last name so if i don"t make sense then bear with with. If you didn"t do well on a test, it"s lot less threatening to blame on others things than yourself. Excuse already happened so you use this to explain. Anticipate that you won"t do well so you do sth that ends up failing.
