PSYC 420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Eval, Asian Americans, Physical Attractiveness
7 Sep 2018
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Reading guide for self-verification: the search for coherence by. Epistemic function of affirming ppl"s sense that things are as they should be. Perceive it to be trustworthy, diagnostic and easy to process. You should be familiar with figure 19. 1, with the meaning of the items in that figure, and with an example for each item that is provided in the chapter, or that i provided in class. Creating social envs that reinforce their self-views involve overt behs. Cog biases ppl dev perceptions of reality that more compatible w their self-views than is warranted by the objective evidence. Selective interaction (choose interaction partners and social settings) Creating allies or interpersonal prompts adopt interaction strategies that evoke self-con- firmatory responses. 2 classes of self-v activities in their search for self-verifying evals. *ppl satisfy their need for self-v by attempting (consciously or not) to construct self- confirmatory social envs and for this, use 3 distinct activities:
