PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anagrams, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Studying, not eating too much chocolate, not speeding on the highway, etc. Self-awareness: degree to which a person is paying attention to his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. When something goes wrong or we don"t know how to act socially, we become aware of ourselves (when you cannot go with the flow of the situation) Something stands out against the background or the environment (if you change your appearance in some way that makes you think you stand out, for example) Some people just focus on themselves more than others. Something in the environment that focuses its attention on you (e. g. , seeing your reflection in a mirror at the grocery store, for example) Researchers use a lot of mirrors for self-evaluation studies: self-evaluation. Rating carpet samples (feel carpet, then rate their feeling about themselves) 3 conditions: camera pointed at them, tv showing self (vs. not) or cowboy picture. Self-regulate behavior to be consistent with standards: behavioral self-regulations, social standards.
