PSY E240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psych, Basking In Reflected Glory, Sexually Transmitted Infection
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Unrealistic optimism a phenomenon in which people see themselves as more likely than other people to experience good events, and less likely than other people to experience bad events. In part, by describing out traits in ways that allow us to appear good: being unrealistic optimistic can result in putting their health at risk. Car accidents, alcohol problems, sexually transmitted infections . Having high perceived control the tendency to see uncontrollable events as at least partially under our control. People seem to assume that they can control random events (i. e. lottery numbers) Done perhaps due to our overly optimistic feeling of control over the world. Breaking in reflected glory (birging) associating with successful others to increase ones feeling of self-worth: i. e. Winning football team everyone says we won : losing football team hardly anyone says we lost , students strategically making connection between themselves and a good outcome, but distancing themselves from a poor outcome.
