Lecture 1: Construal

Question 1

What is a construal?

Answer 1

The way a person understands the world or their own perception

Question 2

What does motivated perception lead to?

Answer 2

Bias - because construals are based on how one perceives the world. Therefore, their perceptions can be influenced by their needs, wants, and what they know

Question 3

What is wishful seeing?

Answer 3

More desired objects are seen as closer

Question 4

What is the construal of distance from threat?

Answer 4

Refers to the way individuals perceive or mentally represent the level of distance between themselves and a potential threat or danger

Question 5

What are the four distances from threat?

Answer 5

1. Psychological distance
   - how an individual mentally perceives the proximity of a threat
2. Temporal distance
   - perceiving a threat as either immediately or distant in the future
3. Spatial distance
   - how people perceive the physical space between themselves and a potential threat
4. Social distance
   - how people perceive the threat in relation to themselves or others

Question 6

What is the summoned self?

Answer 6

Well planned life & the summoned life

Question 7

What is the well planned life?

Answer 7

Driven by our own agency

Question 8

What is the summoned life?

Answer 8

Responding to external circumstances, opportunities, or events that call upon an individual to make choices or take action