PSY 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Affective Forecasting, Learned Helplessness, Planning Fallacy

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 150
• Professor: danettemorrison

Document Summary

Spotlight effect- the tendency for people to focus on themselves and to overestimate the extent at which others aim their attention to you. Self-schemas- the beliefs that a person uses to define themselves. Schema= mental templates that allow organization of the world: possible selves- what a person believes they may become. Social identities: gain confidence over time, comparisons. Social comparisons- comparing your own abilities to those around you: can cause diminished personal satisfaction. Explaining behavior: often falsely blamed on weather, day of the week, etc. Predicting behavior: planning fallacy- the tendency to underestimate how long a task will take to complete. People struggle to predict intensity and duration of future emotions. Impact bias- overestimating the impact of emotion causing events: more likely after negative events occur. Immune neglect- ignoring the psychological immune system to adapt in difficult times. Self-esteem- the overall self-evaluation of sense and self-worth.