PSYC 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Autobiographical Memory, Trait Theory, Atep Rizal
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Agency: the degree to which protagonists are able to affect change in their own lives or influence others in their environment, often through demonstrations of self- mastery, empowerment, achievement, or status. Highly agentic stories privilege accomplishment and the ability to control one"s fate. Communion: the degree to which protagonists demonstrate or experience interpersonal connection through love, friendship, dialogue, or connection to a broad collective. Redemption: scenes in which a demonstrably bad or emotionally negative event or circumstance leads to a demonstrably good or emotionally positive outcome. The initial negative state is redeemed or salvaged by the good that follows it. Contamination: scenes in which a good or positive event turns dramatically bad or negative, such that the negative affect overwhelms, destroys, or erases the effects of the preceding positivity. Meaning making: the degree to which the protagonist learns something or gleans a message from an event.
