CONSTRUCTING SOCIAL EXPERIENCE

Question 1

two important dimensions to the explanations we make

Answer 1

Locus dimension: is the cause of the behaviour internal or external to the
person?

Stability dimension: is the cause of he behaviour temporary or stable?

Question 2

Expectancies tend to be confirmed through two pathways:

Answer 2

1) Perceptual confirmation: “we see what we expect to see”
Ex. Someone high in RS will have greater feelings of rejection in ambiguous situations
2) Behavioral confirmation: “we behave in a way that makes our expectations
happen”
Ex. Someone high in RS will tend to behave in ways that elicit rejection from close others

Question 3

What happens when individuals high in RS respond to stroop task

Answer 3

For individuals high in RS, rejection related cues more likely to capture attention

So during strop task, take longer to name une colour for rejection related words relative to neutral words. Attentional bias towards rejection related words

Question 4

Motivated cognition

Answer 4

the ways in which our motives and desires shape how
we select, interpret, and organize information, with the aim of achieving some
desired outcome

Question 5

What is a construct

Answer 5

An abstract concept that are typically not directly observable.

Like happiness, intelligence, love