PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Aston Martin Db6
24 Oct 2015
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Psyc 215 lecture self-awareness and self-regulation. Regulating your behaviour instead of doing anything we want to. >not eating a box of chocolate every day. *self-awareness = degree to which a person is paying attention to his/her own thoughts, feelings & behaviour. Social disruptions >> don"t know how to act or what to do in response. Salience of self >> something stands out against the background/norm. Personality variable >> some people just focus on themselves more than others (reflect on their thoughts and feelings, leaves them feeling more self-conscious) Self-focusing stimuli >> something in the environment that focuses its attention on you seeing a mirror) (e. g. effects of self awareness: self-evaluation their discrepant, up to about feelings self. When people become aware of themselves, they evaluate themselves. When people evaluate themselves, they typically realize they"re falling short of standards (discrepant from their standard)
