PSYCH 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Michelle Obama, Fallen Angel, Terror Management Theory
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Married couples feel more love and satisfaction after activities that were novel and expanding compared to those doing mundane activities. The experience of awe people placed next to the t-rex were more likely to give universal oceanic response. Mothers who watch oprah feel more inspired and lactate more compared to the mothers who watch seinfeld. Most of the time we are afraid of what we should be afraid of. Most overestimated: motor vehicle accidents, tornado, flood, cancer, fire, homicide. Most underestimated: diabetes, lightening, stroke, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema. Overestimated causes are more dramatic, killing more people at once underestimated causes are silent killers. We also hear about underestimated causes in non-fatal forms. More people died in car accidents after 9/11 because they decided to drive. No child has been poisoned by neighbors but due to the dramatic effect, media reports. Halloween terror, creating a false sense of hazard. Death positivity bias people are perceived as more likable when they are dead.