PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tunxis Community College, Handicapping, Verificationism
23 Nov 2020
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Unrealistic optimism: people also maintain positive self- concepts by seeing themselves as more likely than other people to experience good events, and as less likely to experience bad events (why we see ourselves as better than average ) Perceived control: the tendency to see uncontrollable events as at least particularly under our control. We see uncontrollable events as at least partially under our control. Ie people tend to assume that they can control random events (picking lottery numbers), which is why people lose money bets. We even believe we can control impossible situations (ie sports fans often come to believe their actions influence the game outcome- wearing a lucky shirt) Basking in reflected glory: associating with successful others to increase one"s feeling of self worth. We feel better about ourselves when we are viewing ourselves as better than others (we often compare ourselves to those who are worse off than us)
