PSY 348 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Extreme Ways, Percentile, Demand Characteristics
28 Feb 2018
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Television viewing as stimulus for subjective self-awareness | moskalenko & heine (2003) 3 studies look at role of tv viewing in eliciting subjective self awareness & positive feelings: study 1 assess effects of self awareness manipulations via exposure to neutral tv program. Smaller self discrepancies than those that didn"t watch tv (control condit: study 2 look to replicate findings in study 1 in homes, study 3 does manipulation of self feelings affect tv watching. Failure feedback watch more than control watch more than success feedback. Aristotle watching emotion-elicitng should help people purg own built-up emotion (catharsis: doesn"t explain how watching aggression increases aggression not decrease. Dramatic experience provides socialization function: provide opportunity to socialize by expressing appropriate emotions. Entertainment manages mood: seek to maintain good moods and alleviate bad moods. Doesn"t explain why ppl seek forms of entertainment that are neither exciting nor alleviating.
