CSP 161 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2, 3: Terror Management Theory, Affective Forecasting, Planning Fallacy

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 161
• Professor: Andrew Elliot

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2 the self in a social world. Social psychology a science that studies the influences of our situations, with special attention to how we view and affect one another. The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Dual processing thinking, memory, and attitudes all operate on two levels a conscious and an unconscious level. Spotlight effect seeing ourselves at center stage, thus intuitively overestimating the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t to (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h other"s atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) is ai(cid:373)ed at us. Illusion of transparency the misconceived idea that our feelings are clearly portrayed on our faces and therefore must be obvious to others. Self-concept the way one views themselves. Self-schemas the elements of your self-concept, the specific beliefs by which you define yourself. Possible selves our self-concept includes not only our self-schemas about who we currently are, but also who we might become (includes our dream selves and feared selves)