Psych 353- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
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3 mechanisms of social interaction: selection - others personality influence whether we select them as dates, friends, marriages, etc. Own personality determines which situations we select to be in: evocation personality characteristics of others evoke reponses in us. Stonewalling flooding emotions take control failure to repair hurt feelings: bad memories. Machiavellianism: manipulative strategy of social interaction, personality style that uses other people as tools for personal gain, ppl high on machs select loosely structed situations. Influence/manipulate others in predictable ways, tactics that are exploitative, self-serving, and deceptive. High narcissism with social interaction: selection associate with ppl who admire them, evocation exhibitionism splits ppl some view them as entertaining, others as selfish and boorish, manipulation highly exploitative of others. Gap widens as children age, in adulthood, gaps close: people-thing dimension vocational interest, me(cid:374) (cid:373)ore (cid:862)thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863), (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)ore to(cid:449)ard (cid:862)people, depression, no difference in childhood. After puberty, women show depression 2 3 times than man: rumination focusing on symptoms or distress.
