PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intelligence Quotient, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Pimple
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2nd time asked: what is your attitude toward the birth control pill? r = . 32 (stronger than previous correlation) 3rd time asked: what is your attitude toward using the birth control pill? r = . 52. 4th time asked: what is your attitude toward using the birth control pill in the next two years? r = . 57 (more specific question: salient attitudes will affect behavior. Person can be : externally focused (this can also be called moral hypocrisy" say socially acceptable/perceivable things but don"t actually believe them) Internally focused: focused inward on own thoughts/self. Spontaneous shifts shift between externally focused and internally focused spontaneously. Rudolph syndrome look at reflection in mirror, see a giant pimple on nose you didn"t see in the morning and you are now suddenly self-conscious (shift to internally focused) When you become internally focused sets off self-evaluate process: If current state = desired state then groovy, exit self-focus.