PSY 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Extraversion And Introversion, Thomas Gilovich, Brutal Truth
10 May 2016
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Even novice poker players can pick this up (card moving: flow of playing is disrupted by having to lie. Survey done showed that sexual assaults cause various health issues at a higher than normal rate. People keep things like this hidden, sometimes for a long time. People becoming isolated, having to life a lie did a lot of damage. Was the problem of sexual trauma not the sex itself, but the major upheaval event increased the risk of illness for these individuals. People have secrets, but are we able to get past these events. What are the most fundamental features of being a human when dealing with these experiments: four issues: Dan macadams: we need to create a sense of self, meaning creation exercise. We do this by telling a story about our life. True/falsity isn"t important, but the story brings coherence and meanings to something: stories give us meaning, new segment: dude talking.
