Social Self Flashcards
Theory that states that changes in facial expression can lead to corresponding changes in emotion
Facial feedback hypothesis
Tendency for intrinsic motivation to diminish for activities that have become association with reward or other extrinsic factors
Over justification
haring reading for school
like playing sports until it gets competetive
People evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing them selfs to others
Social comparison theory
“I won’t do well at field hockey ‘cause I just broke my leg”
something to blame your failure on
self handicapping
Links the perception of discrepancies between a persons self concept and various self-guides to specific negative emotional states;
self discrepancy theory
You get a high self esteem by associating yourself with popular/important people
basking in reflected glory
Theory that when internal cues are difficult to interpret, people gain self-insight by observing their own behavior
self perception theory
Thinking you have a bigger role in situations than you actually do
egocentric bias
The finding that information is recalled better when it is relevant to the self than when it’s not
self-reference effect
Theory that the experience of emotion is based on two factors
two-factor theory (of emotion)
What are the 2 parts of the 2 pt theory of emotion?
- physiological arousal
2. cognitive interpretation of that arousal
After the event happened, you conveniently knew that said event would take place
hindsight bias
This is more about one person; in america we describe ourselfs personally
individualism
This is more about the whole, or group; China they put the last name first
collectivism
“This is who I am, and i’m not changing for you!”
The desire to have others percieve us as we genuinely perciev ourselfs
self-verification
