PSY 240 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dieting, Implicit Stereotype, Affective Forecasting
30 Jul 2018
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Self concept - total view of the self based on attributes. Made up of self schemas - beliefs about oneself that guide processing of self-relevant information. We get info about our self concept from: Self-recognition - process of being aware or able to recognize oneself. Babies recognize selves in the mirror at 18-24 months. Introspection - self-knowledge through looking inward at one"s own thoughts and feelings. Results: lottery winners, years later, were no happier than before they won. Paraplegics, years later, were no less happy than before the accident. Large monetary gain has no effect on baseline level of happiness. Affective forecasting - predicting how we will feel about someone or something in the future. Wilson and gilbert (2003): participants made predictions of future happiness vs. sadness following events. Generally poor at affective forecasting because we tend to underestimate how resilient we can be in the face of adversity. Impact bias - overestimating strength and duration of personal happiness.
