PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Counterfactual Thinking, Major Depressive Disorder
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Standardized measures of performance, test scores, evaluations from experts. Lateral comparisons: comparing oneself to similar others, self-assessment, downward comparisons, self-enhancement, basking in reflected glory, self-enhancement, upward comparisons, self-improvement, self-enhancement, remember the additional cognitions, counterfactual thinking, downward simulation, self-enhancement, upward simulation, self-improvement. Life domain: domains vary in the amount and types of information they make available, ex. Academic domain: objective information test scores, self-assessment, social comparison information classmate performance. July 21, 2020: self-enhancement, self-improvement, self-assessment, personal standards past and possible future selves, self-enhancement, self-verification, self-improvement, self-presentation. Individual differences moderate which self-motive is salient, and the sources of information used: ex. Individuals with clinical depression: seek out negative information to verify negative self-views, disdain/avoid feedback that enhances self-views, ex. High self-esteem: seek out positive information to either maintain positive self-views or verify positive self-views, ex. Low self-esteem: seek out negative information to verify negative self-views, avoid/disdain feedback that enhances self-views, ex.
