Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Binge Eating, Substance Abuse, Overjustification Effect

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

3 things are hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one"s self - benj franklin. Large set of attributes that are linked together: personal dispositions, physical characteristics, preferences (likes/dislikes, values, definition: all the beliefs that we have about the self, 2. Many different selves (roles: depends who you"re with, beneficial to have many selves (complex self-concept) - serves as a buffer or protects us when one self is damaged or threatened, 3. Some attributes are associated with just one self: 4. Some attributes are more basic and enduring across different situations/roles: basic personality traits, 5. Potential selves - ought and ideal self: discrepancies between actual and ideal or ought self - in textbook. Folktale - reward being reduced means the children didn"t want to play anymore: 2. The over justification effect: when people are given external rewards (justifications) for engaging in intrinsically interesting activities, their intrinsic interest will be undermined: 3.