PSC 161 Study Guide - Final Guide: Verificationism, Psychological Adaptation, Adolf Anderssen
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If they find out that others around them can also juggle, they aren"t happy. Shared reality - what we are experiencing & our self evaluations are shared with those around us. Stable self views let an individual have a sense of coherence. People behave in ways that promote the survival of self - conceptions, even if their self - views are negative. Seing more self - confirmatory evidence than exists. Ex: if you think you are a funny person, you may selelctively pay attenetion to those who laugh at your joeks. May have selective memory & encode & reall those who laughed at your jokes. Ex: think you are a great gift giver. May interpret this is great (text) is a positive manner. Even if it is meant in a negative way. Self - evaluation maintenance model - predicts how people will feel after a person outperformed or underperformed someone else. Refelction process -see other"s successes as your own.
