PSYC 215 Lecture 11: 2015-10-13_Lecture11_PSYC215
3 Nov 2015
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Self-regulation: control of behavior, we don"t always do whatever we can, often depends on if someone is looking. Self-awareness: degree to which a person is paying attention to his/her own thoughts, feelings & behaviours, plays a role in self-regulation, sources of self-awareness, social disruptions. Something goes wrong, we don"t know how to interact in a situation, trying to recover a mistake: salience of self. When we stand out against the environment. Ex: wearing bright colours, crazy hairstyle: personality variable. Some people focus on themselves more than others: self-focusing stimuli. Ex: see yourself in a mirror, cameras point at you: effects of self-awareness, 1) self-evaluation. Discrepancies between our behavior and our perception of ourselves leads to negative feelings/negative self-evaluation. Movie distracted subject: monitor condition subjects rate themselves more negatively! from themselves. Self-regulating behavior must be consistent with standards: 2) self-evaluation a- social standards, diener & wallbom (1976, students are given the chance to cheat (left alone in a room)
