PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Comparison Theory, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Stanley Schachter
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Fear is not an internal state, instead it is how we relate to other people we come to understand what fear is all about. Stanley schachter did the first study of social comparison theory. Social comparison theory and how it relates to emotion we are talking about. In the low fear condition, people want to be by themselves. Schachter and singer (1962): two factor theory of emotion. Social comparison is fundamental to understanding of emotions. Physiologically all we get is arousal then the arousal is labeled as emotion. Study 1: euphoria comparison: epinephrine misinformed (told the subjects that the shot would make them feel calm, epinephrine informed (told the subjects that the show would make them feel. The shot was either a placebo (salt water) or epinephrine (adrenaline) The person they sit in the room with is. Study was very similar to the euphoria study: epinephrine informed, epinephrine ignorant, placebo.
