PSYC 307 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Comparison Theory, Extraversion And Introversion
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Americans viewed the situation in which the player was trying to secure a win as more important than one in which he was trying to avoid a loss. Chinese viewed the situation of trying to avoid a loss as more important than the one in which the player was trying to secure a win. Americans who considered an individual"s tennis game adopted a promotion orientation in that they viewed efforts to secure a win more important than efforts to avoid a loss. The values of asian-americans are more affected by independence and interdependence primes than the values of european-americans are. Self-enhancement the motivation to view oneself positively. people apparently have a strong need to view themselves positively. Self-esteem is the positivity of your overall evaluation of yourself. Discounting is reducing the perceived importance of the domain in which you performed poorly.
