PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Tantrum, Lemonade, Ego Depletion
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Self vs. chris, negative vs. positive, central vs. peripheral. Recall as much as possible: self, central: recalled more positive, chris, central: recalled equally positive, both: equally positive/negative behaviours is peripheral. Self-affirming: remembered a lot of the words in the ample condition. Self-threatening: remembered less, superficially processing negative traits. The mental processes that allow people to override their thoughts, emotions and behaviours to keep them in line with overarching goals (baumeister) Z-score: you scored the same as others in the class: negative number: you scored lower than the average person in class, positive: you scored higher than the average person. People with low self-control struggle with: infidelity, grades, gambling. People who scored higher in narcissism, scored lower in self-control: narcissism: impulsivity, need for status, compulsive buying, as narcissism goes up, self-control goes down. Why do we lose control? (social/environmental causes, cognitive functions, limited resource)
