Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Pessimism, Affective Forecasting, Parenting Styles

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Social context: affects how people think and feel about others. Trait self-esteem: ongoing sense of confidence regarding abilities and characteristics: 2. Authoritative: high emotional support + firm, reasonable limits: high acceptance, high control, = high self-esteem, 2. Authoritarian: low emotional support + rigid limits: low acc, high cont, 3. Permissive: high emotional support, few limits: high acc, low con, found to be the best, 4. Neglectful: low emotional support, few limits: low, low. Downward comparisons: defensive tendency to compare oneself with someone whose problems are more serious than your own, due to need to feel better - connect to other people"s experiences, = inc in mood and self-esteem, 2. Basking in reflected glory: tendency to enhance one"s image by publicly announcing one"s association with those who are successful, cutting off reflected failure: distancing from those who are unsuccessful, 4. Mastery experiences: must persist through failure to succeed at learning new things, 2.