PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Confirmation Bias, Impulsivity
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You associate yourself with people like you, so you think there is consensus in the way everybody is and thinks. We deemphasize the role of our personality, but overemphasize the situation. The building was burning, i had to save the people. The situation called for it-- wouldn"t say it"s about his personality. Gather more data (try new things, including those involving uncertainty) ***our self-judgments get better and better over time, especially around middle- aged. They continue to get better is we stay active and socially connected, otherwise, they worsen in old age. Dsm definition of personality disorder: individual displays a long-term, rigid, and wide-ranging pattern of inner experience and behavior that leads to dysfunction in at least two of the following realms: Impulsivity: the individual"s patter is significantly different from ones usually found in his or her culture, individual experiences significant distress (themselves or others) or impairment.
