PSC 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rise Time, Arab Americans, Egocentrism
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Affect - representations of personal value (i. e. , the goodness or badness of things. How we feel positively or negatively about something. Identifiable referent (i. e. , what the emotion is about ) Writing tasks ( thinking about a time when you felt happy, sad, anxious, etc. ) Listen to certain music that elicits a certain emotion. Ex: unexpected (vs. no) gift more satisfaction w/ own car & tv. Receiving a gift unexpectedly tends to boost a person"s mood. Those w/ unexpected gift reported higher motor and tv satisfaction. Ex: happy (vs. sad) movie less (more) self- blame for relationship conflicts. Those more positive gave themself less blame for relationship conflict compared to those more negative. Ex: disgusting (vs. neutral) smell more negative attitudes toward gay men, but no other groups. Those w/ disgusting smell had more neg attitudes toward gay men, but not lesbians or african americans. Affective states lead to retrieval of affect - congruent concepts & memories.
