PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Plastic Surgery, Physical Attractiveness
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Give some p"s an experience of being socially included while others experienced temporary exclusion. Those who felt excluded became more likely to engage in self-defeating behaviours such as underperforming on an aptitude test but also less able to regulate their behaviour (ate unhealthy, easily irritated). Exclusion hurts even when done online with people we"ve nevet met. Have p"s play a web-based game if throwing a flying disk with two other computer generated players. Those left out by the other players experienced poorer moods and became more likely to conform to others" wrong judgements in a perception task. Exclusion hurts even when it"s by a disliked out-group like the. Those asked to recall a time when they were socially excluded perceived the room temperature as 5 degrees colder than those asked to recall a social acceptance experience. Randomly assign students to seats on the first day of class and have each person make a brief self-introduction to the entire class.
