PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Starbucks, Automaticity
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Construal is that he/she cares about me and wants to initiate social contact. If an enemy did that, interpreted as a threat. Why interpret: need for accuracy, need for self-esteem. Tendency to feel happier and more comfortable when we have high self-esteem. Dr. river"s dog named pretzel normally a well-behaved dog but is difficult to walk. People are more or less likely to be okay with this uncertainty. People are willing to settle on a story because it resolves that ambiguity. Closure: the process of resolving ambiguity, settling on one interpretation over another interpretation. [video clip] bill murray filming commercial with japanese director. What is happening in the situation: awkward communication between director and actor. What types of things should he be ignoring: focus on what is being said rather than body language, tune out discrepancy between how many words he"s expecting to hear from interpreter and what is being said.
