Self Contrual Processes (sept.28) Flashcards
Self Perception of Attitudes Experiment
- participants given a checklist of environmentalist behavior with different wording (linguistic manipulation
- asked to rate their environmental identity 1-15
- ex i occasionaly litter vs i often litter
Self Perception of Attitudes Experiment Results
- pro ecology linguistic manipulation = high self rating
- anti ecology linguistic maniputation = low self rating
- only showed an effect on people who didn’t already consider environmentalist as a part of their identity
Two factor theory of emotion
physiological arounsal x cognitive label = emotion
schachter and singer self perception of emtion experiment
- gave people epinephrine to create physiological reaction
- some informed it would happen, other not
- all put in a room with the euphoric guy
- people who knew about the epinepherine felt the least euphoric
- people who didn’t felt the most
self perception of love and attraction experiment
- high bridge = arousal, low bridge = control
- talk to female or male confederate and given number
- more men called on after the high bridge with female
self perception of love and attraction experiment bias
- people self select to go on the high bridge
- repeated with high bridge only, except talked to right after crossing or 10 minutes after
- more men from immediate convo called than from delayed convo
self perception of love and attraction conclusion
the participants constue their physiological arousal to be love or attraction
Our sense of self is to a large extent maintained and experienced _____.
SOCIALLY
What are the three components of social construction?
(a) intersubjectivity
(b) symbolic interactionism
(c) self-presentation
What is intersubjectivity?
sharing a sense of what is going on with others
- co-ordination or conflict
- interactions with others helps develop our sense of self
- ex chimps who lived with others showed more self awareness in the mirror test
What is symbolic interactionism?
- wedding ring, smile, handshake, clothing
- symbols that have agreed upon shared meanings
- viewpoints of others
- —-significant other
- —-reference group (other women, other piano players, etc.)
What is self-presentation?
we attempt to control others’ impressions of us