Living in Two Worlds (start exam 2)

Question 1

Two Worlds:
-the ‘r__’ e__ world vs. the world inside of our h__.

ex: looking up and realizing you m__ part of l__.
- internal world–>mostly s__ talk

-can usually m__ back and forth e__.
~c__
~it can d__ our a__ and h__ us.

Answer 1

real, external, heads

missed, lecture

self

move, easily
constant
divide, attention, hurt

Question 2

How can self-preoccupation hurt us?

1) d__ from real l__.
a) worse m__
b) t__-t__ anxiety

2) c__ under the p__

Answer 2

distracted, life
memory
test-taking

choking pressure

Question 3

How can self-preoccupation hurt us?

1) Distracted from real life:
a) worse memory

class example: presentations
-in your h\_\_ thinking about your o\_\_ presentation instead of the presentations or lecture's b\_\_ yours. 

-“next-in-line” effect: cannot r__ information immediately b__ one’s p__.
~more d__ performances lead to w__ memory problems.

Answer 3

head, own, before

remember, before, performance

difficult, worse

Question 4

How can self-preoccupation hurt us?

1) Distracted from real life:
b) test-taking anxiety

a__–>c__ out k__.

• internal thoughts: self-e__ or self-d__.
  ex: students saying “how did I m__ this!?”

Answer 4

anxiety, crowding, knowledge

evaluation, deprecating

miss

Question 5

How can self-preoccupation hurt us?

2) Choking under the pressure:
- pay c__ attention to processes that are a__ and n__ c__.

ex: s__, p__ speaking
- actions aren’t part of “d__ knowledge”- f__ that you can e__.
- becomes w__ with increased s__-a__.

Answer 5

conscious, automatic, non conscious

sports, speaking

declarative, facts, explain

worse, self-awareness

Question 6

Choking under the pressure research:
-participants asked to play a challenging video game while being o__ and then complete SCS scale (measures s__-c__).

IV: either had s__ or n__ observer.
-observer got m__ or not depending on the Ss winning

Results: Ss performed worse (more c__, s__) when observed by ___ audience.
-c__ under p__.

However, Ss thought they performed better and liked __ audience more.

-Supportive audiences can increase p__ and s__-a__.
Results: Ss with ___ audiences showed highest scores of s__ self consciousness (p__ self consciousness).
-high self-consciousness negatively correlated with p__.

Answer 6

observed, self-consciousness

supportive, neutral
money

cautious, slower, supportive
choking, pressure

supportive

pressure, self-awareness

state, private

performance

Question 7

External Validity of Choking under the Pressure research:

ex: “home-field disadvantage”

-for d__ games: championships, playoffs. (for h__)
~being at h__ predicts l__ during these games.

-both teams s__-a__, but it’s w__ to lose at h__.

-home teams __ early games, __ late games.
~due to more e__.

World Series:
-won __% early, won __% late.

Previous NBA playoffs:
-won __% early, vs. won __% late.

Answer 7

decisive, hockey
home, losing

self-aware, worse, home

win, lose
errors

60%, 41%

70%, 46%

Question 8

Intuition and Insight:

-intuition: people experience this f__ from a__ i__ p__.

automatic-no c__ knowledge of process.
~we don’t know w__ these automatic thoughts come from.
~seem to receive information from o__ ourselves.
~argue its not m__ or s__.

Answer 8

feeling, automatic, information, processing

conscious

where

outside

magical, spiritual

Question 9

S__ can interfere with i__:

-we may d__ or deliberately o__ intuition.

ex: relationships
- p_/c_ list vs. what you f__
- don’t always know w__ we’re a__ to people.
- a__ too much can c__ our v__.

Answer 9

self, intuition

disregard, override

pro/con, feel

why, attracted

analyzing, change, views

Question 10

Intuition and Insight Study:

-participants asked to t__ and r__ strawberry jam already rated by c__ reports.

IV: 2 conditions: told to c__ t__ vs. n__.

Results: control group made s__ rating to experts.
Consciously think group: significantly d__ from experts.

Answer 10

taste, rate, consumer

consciously think, not

similar

different

Question 11

Opposite of P__: f__ and s__:

• flow (sikszentmihalye): focused c__ in which person becomes a__ in a__.
  ex: e__, s__, a__
• spontaneity: reacting a__

Answer 11

preoccupation, flow, spontaneity

concentration, absorbed, activity

exercise, sports, arts

automatically

Question 12

Quieting the Self:
-meditation: way to minimize i__ thoughts about the s__.

effects:

• r__
• decreased h__ r__, b__ p__, brain w__, m__ relaxation.
• c__ of thoughts

Answer 12

intrusive, self

relaxation

heart rate, blood pressure, waves, muscle

clarity