PSYC 2120 Lecture 3: Lectures 1-3
22 Oct 2014
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Self: self- enhancement needs (wanting to feel good about ourself) Attitude-behavior consistency: living up to the expectation that you are a good person. Prosocial behavior: theories on why we help: hindsight bias is the tendency to exaggerate after learning the outcome of the actual event. How do you know if you have a good theory: you summarize a wide range of observations, makes clear predictions, modi es or con rms theory, generates new exploration, suggests practical applications. Basic research: why people behave the way that they do. Applied research: solves a particular social problem: there are ethical guidelines intended to protect the privacy and well being of each individual involved in the experiment. Self-schema: how we think about our self in how we organize and process. Help de ne the self and we have different selves that respond to different social situations. Amy cuddy discusses how our body language (non verbal) shapes who we are.
