PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mirror Neuron, 6 Years, Implicit-Association Test
14 Mar 2017
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> we spend billions looking for love/acceptance. > bigger social networks correlated with higher self-esteem, self-reported happiness. > greater social connection correlated with better physical health & longevity. > desire to start & maintain rewarding relationships. > bibb and latane: rats and social contact study social thermometer or (cid:862)so(cid:272)iotat(cid:863) 1 lasted 20 mins, 3 lasted 2 days, only 1 made it to 8 days. > human regulate their personal needs for affiliation. Stress and pain = desire for affiliation misery loves company. The act of banishing, excluding, or ignoring. Gave people experience of inclusion or exclusion. Told (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) test that the(cid:455) (cid:862)(cid:449)ere likel(cid:455) to e(cid:374)d up alo(cid:374)e later i(cid:374) life(cid:863) Engage in self-defeating behaviour such as underperforming academically. Exhibit lowered self-control by eating a fattening snack. Social perception: how we come to form impressions of others. Explanations we come up with to understand why an event, behaviour, occurred. When someone commits a crime we ask why.
