PSYC 420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Normative Social Influence

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 420
• Professor: Michael Conway

Document Summary

Reading guide for leary and guadagno"s the sociometer, self-esteem, and the regulation of interpersonal behaviour . 1 they monitor the internal or external envs for cues that signal advantageous or disadvantageous circumstances. 2 evoke posi or neg feelings when such cues are detected. 3 motivate behs that help the ind to capitalize on opportunity or avert threat. Indications that one"s approved of/accepted & one"s relational value is high = posi affect. Indications that one"s disapproved of/rejected & that one"s relational value is low (or declining) = neg affect. Most psychs assume that most ppl have a need for self-e, but sociometer theory suggests that ppl don"t have a need for self-e their relational value (self-e is a gauge that monitors their success in promoting relational value. Hedonistic effort to avoid neg affect rather than a need for self-e per se. The sociometer must warn ppl in advance about possibility of low relational value.