PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anagram, Wine Tasting
22 Feb 2018
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In order to meet some kind of a goal (the way you want to see yourself) Self-awareness = degree to which a person is paying attention to his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Salience of self; do you stand out? (eg. eating alone in an upscale restaurant) Personality variable; some people are just more self aware than others, as in, the tendency to focus on oneself. Self-focusing stimuli; some stimulus in the environment that focuses on yourself (eg. a camera pointed at you; a mirror) If no discrepancy -> good feeling, but erodes over time as we find other discrepancies. A way to evaluate themselves over and over again. Rating self-esteem after studying carpet samples (deception study) For some people, they could see themselves on a monitor while studying carpet (vs. control) People rated themselves lower if they were on tv. Third condition: a cowboy film on tv (meant to distract them, to draw attention away from themselves)
