PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Chocolate Cake, Nerd, Working Memory
23 Oct 2013
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We try to communicate these to others. Other may have di erent expectations about us that compete with self presentation and self veri cation. What we do in uences their impressions of us but not as much as we think. Therefore don"t worry so much about how you look. Hitch video, picking up a woman who is hard to get. Self presentation: president carter (nerd) was super book smart, but reagan (over-achiever) could get people to go along with him. You need to win people over in order for your ideas to have impact. Focus of this week: goals & self regulation. Things you hope to do, accomplish, be. Single goals cannot be understood in isolation - need to know context in the full range of goals. Instrumental awards (make money, get that trip, pay rent etc) Implicitly (goal contagion - someone else is doing something, it may rub o on you)
