PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Cortisol, Affective Forecasting, Basking In Reflected Glory
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Self-enhancement is usually driving the way we see ourselves. Social comparison comparing ourselves to others process where we"re learning about our own abilities/skills by comparing ourselves to other people self-assessment motive upward vs. downward comparisons. Is it helpful: usually want to see ourselves in a positive light, want to find that we are better than other people (better than average effect) Lake wobegon: we all tend to see ourselves above average e, when the task is easy, people think they are better than average, when the task is difficult, people think that they are below average. Bias in the sense that we think we are unskilled, and must anchor our judgment. How do we compare? in how we think we do: upward and downward social comparison. Students given negative feedback about their iq: took opportunity to see gay individuals in stereotypically negative ways.
