Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Social Comparison Theory, Terror Management Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Alexa Clerke

Document Summary

Self-handicapping: behaviour designed to sabotage one"s own performance in order to provide an excuse for failure. Basking in reflected glory: act to increase self-esteem by associating with other who are successful. Downward social comparisons: defensive tendency to compare ourselves with others who are worse off than we are. Self-concept: sum total of an individual"s beliefs about his or her own personal attributes. Self-schema: belief people hold about themselves that guides the processing of self-relevant information. Affective forecasting: process of predicting how one would feel in response to future emotional events. Self-perception theory: idea that people gain self-insight by observing their own behaviour. Facial feedback hypothesis: idea that changes in facial expression can lead to corresponding changes in emotion. Over-justification effect: tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become associated with reward. Social comparison theory: idea that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.