PSYC 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Confirmation Bias, Social Rejection

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Ryan Curtis

Document Summary

When we create schemas, we want them to be stable (balanced) Primacy effect info presented first sticks with you the most. Friends and parents are better judges of our romantic relationships. Romanticism is the view that love should be the most important bias for choosing a mate: True love will find a way to overcome any obstacle. Destiny beliefs assume that two people are either well-suited for each other and destined to live happily ever after, or they"re not. Growth beliefs assume that good relationships are a result of hard work. When conflict occurs (as it inevitably will), people who hold growth beliefs respond more constructively, remaining more optimistic about the future and more committed to the relationship. We often get the reactions we expect from others. Self-fulfilling prophecies are false predictions that come true because they lead people to behave in ways that make the erroneous predictions come true.