PSYC 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: On Being, Impact Bias, Affective Forecasting

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2380
• Professor: Anderson Jill

Document Summary

Belief that others are paying more attention to one"s appearance and behavior than they really are. Illusion that our concealed emotions leak out and can be easily read by others. Research close-up: on being nervous about looking nervous. Examples of interplay between our sense of self and our social world. A person"s answers to the question, who am i? . At the center of our worlds: our sense of self. Mental templates by which we organize our worlds. Beliefs about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information. New roles begin as playacting then become reality. We compare ourselves with others and consider how we differ. Our daily experiences cause us to have empowerment or low self-esteem. How we think others perceive us as a mirror for perceiving ourselves. Concept of giving priority to one"s own goals over group goals and defining one"s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications.