PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: United States Senate Watergate Committee, Motivation, Facial Feedback Hypothesis
11 Jan 2014
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Cocktail party effect tendency of ppl to pick a personally relevant stimuli (like a name) out of a complex and noisy environment. Shows that humans are selective in their attention. Self is an important object of our own attention. Self concept: refers to sum total of beliefs that ppl have about themselves. Hazel marcus self concept is made up of cognitive molecules called self schemas beliefs about oneself that guide the processing of self-relevant information. Thinking of yourself as feminine or masculine, independent or dependent etc. Schematic ie. someone who regards themselves as extremely overweight (body image is a conspicuous aspect of the self-concept) are considered schematic w/respect to weight. Aschematic ppl who don"t regard a certain attribute as extreme or important part of their life. Self special object of our attention; consciousness is like a spotlight , but self is front and center. Sense of identity is biologically rooted (william thompson)
