whenpotential customers were asked to "buy acookie for a good cause" the number roseto 12 out of 3
This is true. For the psych club, we tend to sell donuts as a fundraiser. To make money we try and make it seem like they are getting the donuts for a cheaper price when in reality they would pay that exact same price at Krispy Kreme.
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I think the peripheral route is a more common way of persuasion. If you think about commercials on tv, the whole point of the commercial is to get you to buy what they are selling. They tend to directly say "buy this toy" but ultimately that is not what gets you to buy it. What they do is they add subliminal colors that attract people and little fine details that someone hooked. Once they are hooked, they'll most likely buy.
Butwhat exactly is it that we work on?
I feel like we work on mental things that later become physical aspects. We wouldn't want to work on ourselves if we did not have mental thoughts about things. For example if someone is overweight, for them it doesn't become an issue until they start thinking bad thoughts or become sad. Therefore, they begin to work on themselves.
Thephilosopher Charles Taylor (1989) describesthe self as a reflexive project.
Not only is it s reflexive project it is also an open and never ending project. We are constantly looking at our past actions and thoughts and changing our presents selves to make a better future. However, that action never ends. Even after death, you can no longer physically reflect, but others will reflect your old actions and make what if scenarios.
First, the self may
Even though these three concepts make sense as how we understand ourselves. However, I always question is the self our bodies or is it our mind?
he most effective strategy to treat SAD is exposure (Feske & Chambless, 1995)—where clientsrepeatedly confront their feared situations without the use of safety behaviors, starting withsituations that are only slightly anxiety provoking
I feel like exposure therapy is still all a mental game. If you want it to work it will, and if you dont it wont. I saythat because I had randomly became afraid of heights for no reason. So no I won't do anything related to being up high. However, i have multiple times, tried to face that fear by doing different things, but yet im still scared of heights.
Recent evidence has suggested that people with SAD are actuallyconcerned with both positive and negative evaluation. Fear of positive evaluation is the dreadassociated with success and public favorable evaluation, raising the expectations fo
If SAD goes hand in hand with positive and negative evaluations, an example could be if someone became the new boss and people celebrate him. The celebration itself would be a positive evaluation and the negative comes into play because now, he has to worry about doing everything perfectly so he would be judged.
She attemptsto hide her anxiety by tensing her muscles or telling herself to breathe and stay calm.Behaviorally, she seeks ways to escape the audience’s gaze (e.g., by playing a video and askingthe audience questions), and she tries to get through the performance as quickly as possible(e.g., rushing off the stage). Later, she works hard to avoid similar situations, passing up futurespeaking opportunities
I used to be like this, I would only get really hot and I would say whatever I had to say really fast. However, as I got older, even though I still hate presenting I don't mind doing it. Helpful tips, is always looking at something in the back of the room such as a poster or wall, to make it seem like you're looking at the audience. Also, if you're presenting a topic you really enjoy it makes presenting much easier, because you tend to be excited to tell people about things that excite you.
Everyone experiences social anxiety someof the time, but for a minority of people, the frequency and intensity of social anxiety is intenseenough to interfere with meaningful activities
Even though we all do experience social anxiety at some points in our life. Is it possible that the severe-ness of the anxiety is predetermined by genetics or more a mixture of both nature and nurture?
In other words, average studentshave a higher academic self-concept when attending a below-average school (big fish in asmall pond), and they have a lower academic self-concept when attending an above-averageschool (small fish in a big pond)
I agree with this, and it really effects one's behavior when they think like this. If people always have the mindset that they'll do good, then you'll always do good, no matter the level.
Downward comparisons may boost our self-evaluation on relevant dimensions, leading to aself-enhancement effect (Wills, 1981), such as when an individual suffering from an illnessmakes downward comparisons with
If someone is doing worse than you or beneath you, why would someone ever compare themselves to them?
Ifwe observe or even anticipate that aspecific person is doing better than us atsome ability then we may be motivated toboost our performance level.
This really relates to competitive people. I know i am extremely competitive and I see just about everything in life a game. Therefore, I always want to be number 1 or the best. I know if i see someone doing better than me, my inner self kicks into to overdrive to do better than the next. There is never any satisfaction from it either.
In one category, we consider social norms and the opinions of others.
This comparison is good for deciding what you believe is wrong or right and also moral standards.
Mr. Smith is experiencing the effects of social comparison. Occurring frequently in our lives,social comparison shapes our perceptions, memory, and behavior—even regarding the mosttrivial of issues.
I feel that social comparison's is what damages society and the perception of one's self. People are constantly trying to be like everyone else, so no one is original, and the ones who want to be original are too scared to not follow what others are doing in the fear of being an outcast.
The planning fallacy helps explain why so many collegestudents end up pulling all-nighters to finish writing assignments or study for exams. Thetasks simply end up taking longer than expected.
I do this all the time with my art class. I usually think my projects will take about 30 minutes to an hour, but it takes about 2 hours every time. I still haven't learned my lesson.
individual people (person schemas), ourselves(self-schemas), and recurring events (event schemas, or scripts).
I have learned about schemas since 11th grade and I never knew that there schemas were categorized likes this.
Not only can our pastexperiences, expectations, motivations, and moods impact our reasoning
This is honestly, so true. Our past experiences and anything that we've encountered shape our metal processes and how we view certain situations. What we've encountered or have been taught by our parents give us a basic outline of how we view others behaviors,
As you approach, bothof them quit talking, nod to you, and then resume their urgent whispers after you pass by.What would you make of this scene?
If i was to walk up on this situation, instinctively even though it is a teacher and a student I would think that they were talking about me. However, logically, knowing that the student is known to be disruptive, i was assume that the teacher is talking to the student about their behavior and when they stop talking, it is to keep me minding my own business instead of eaves dropping.
proposed that the reason for this comparison to standards is thatit enables people to regulate themselves, such as by changing things that do not measure upto their standards
I feel like now people self regulate to match the standards of not themselves, but the standards of society or what their friends think. That can lead to personal issues of not being okay with yourself.
Many situations in life demand similar delays for best results. Going to college to get aneducation often means living in poverty and debt rather than getting a job to earn moneyright away. But in the long run, the college degree increases your lifetime income by hundredsof thousands of dollars.
Now a days going to college does not necessarily mean you will do better in the long run. There are now so many ways to become successful and rich that most people are not even attending college anymore.
The experimenterwould tell the child, “I have to leave for a few minutes and then I’ll be back. You can have thistreat any time, but if you can wait until I come back, you can have two of them.” Two treatsare better than one, but to get the double treat, the child had to wait. Self-regulation wasrequired to resist that urge to gobble down the marshmallow on the table so as to reap thelarger reward.
Even though this widely known experiment was based to test children's self regulation, could this also be a test for simple obedience? If you do not eat the marshmallow then you can have a second one, but if you do then the consequence is that you would not get another one?
They control their thinking,such as in trying to concentrate or to shutsome annoying earworm tune out of theirmind. They control their emotions, as intrying to cheer themselves up or to calmdown when angry (or to stay angry, if that’shelpful). They control their impulses, as intrying not to eat fattening food, trying tohold one’s tongue, or trying to quitsmoking. Last, they try to control their taskperformances, such as in pushingthemselves to keep working when tiredand discouraged, or deciding whether tospeed up (to get more done) or slow down(to make sure to get it right)
I find this very interesting, that self regulation could be condensed into four categories. However, if someone complete lacks in a certain category, for example: lacks in complete control of impulse, would that result in the person having a possible disorder?
college students believe oral sex is a form of abstinence
I would not say this is a form of abstinence because it is still a sexual behavior being done. However, if you only do oral sex, then you would still be considered a virgin if you have never had coital sex.
For example, Europeanand American cultures today associate pink with femininity and blue with masculinity.
A fun fact, way back in history, blue used to be used to symbolize girls and pink was for boys.
At an early age, webegin learning cultural norms for what is considered masculine and feminine.
I believe now, for at least Americas, the newer parents are not really teaching their boys to be masculine or girls to be feminine but to embrace what you want to be.
five stages of psychosexual development: oral, anal, phallic, latent, andgenital. According to Freud, each of these stages could be passed through in a healthy orunhealthy manner. In unhealthy manners, people might develop psychological problems,such as frigidity, impotence, or anal-retentiveness.
Even though the five stages make sense, when examples are given about how a person acts if they never pass through a certain a stage. However, i feel like sex does not drive human behaviors. I feel like a traumatic event involving sex is was can cause certain people to act off sex.
Among hismost noteworthy findings is that transgender people are distinct from homosexual people.
I agree with this statement. I feel like transgender's do change there sexual preferences, but their actual gender. It is becoming more open, however, is still very foreign to many.
On the other hand, when the listener points out somethingnegative about what is said, it is called active-destructive responding.
If a listener points out the negative points, instead of praising the positive aspects, then they are not worth the time or effort. Those kind of people tend to always bring you down.
When we disclose certain private things about ourselves, we increase the potential intimacythat we can have with another person, however, we also make ourselves vulnerable to gettinghurt by the other person.
I feel like the reaction to possibly getting hurt relies a lot on someones confidence levels or mindset. Most people just go into it blindly, so when they do end up getting hurt by someone, they take it really bad. However, if you already go into the situation knowing that getting hurt is a possible solution, then you can build up your self esteem to take that punch if it were to come.
Given that 60% to 80% of the time, people disclose their most positive daily experiences withtheir partner (Gable et al., 2004), this becomes a regular opportunity for intimacy buildin
I don't find this percentage surprising at all. I feel like people are more likely to tell the positive things that are going on in their lives, rather than dwell or speak on the bad things that could be happening.
Life on earth isfundamentally social: The ability to dynamically interact with other living organisms to supportmutual homeostasis, growth, and reproduction evolved very early.
This theory reminds of in my Psychology: History/Systems class, we've been watching this documentary about Freud and his findings and also on how human's act, which is leading into Humanism. However, in the film, it was saying how all Humans are social and we all have drives that are neither good or bad. That it is society that determines what drives are good and bad. This refers to the theory about how we interact and how society molds our growth and homeostasis.
A “brokenheart” or a failed relationship can have disastrous effects; bereavement disrupts humanphysiology and may even precipitate death.
Research shows that the number one stress is losing a partner. For example, when older couples tend to lose their spouse through death, the living one tends to decline physically and end up dying shortly after. For the younger generations, hard break ups can cause physical and mental stresses, such as: depression, not eating, and other extreme feelings.
marriage market—the process by which potential matescompare assets and liabilities of available prospects and choose the best opti
Earlier this year I was on youtube and ended up on the weird side of it. I watched this 30 minute documentary on a small country in the middle east where they have a marriage market. Girls and boys that are age 17 and up go to their downtown for this marriage ceremony. It was really like a festival and they all dress up nice, dance, and eat. In the midst of all that, they go around and find the best mate for them, and if their parents also approve, then the two get married.
n a poll, 49%of all American adults reported that either themselves or someone they knew had dated aperson they met online (
I had personally dated someone from the internet. They lived in my town, they had just went to the other high school, so that was the only way they would have ever found me. With how technology is today, it almost seems easier to date through the internet. However, there's a show called Catfish (which we watched in class), that focuses on how people lie about their identity, and you never really know if who you're talking to is actually the person they claim they are. It is extremely risky and dangerous.
when a personexperiences a breakup, the brain processes it in a similar way to quitting a heroin habit
I had a friend who had dated a guy for about two years. They ended up breaking up because he went back to his ex. They had a really great relationship until towards the end. The aftermath was so bad. She was upset for months and did not want to do anything. I believe long term relationships especially the ones that were not mutual break ups can cause the brain to mimic depression.
Further, thosenewly in love tended to show obsessive-compulsive tendencies.
This obsessive compulsive tendencies, is what i would called the "puppy love" phase that everyone goes through when they first start dating someone. During this phase, you're constantly on the phone, always together, and mostly like think you would die without them if you did not do anything together.
ntimacy includes caring
When i read intimacy I honestly think of physical actions, such as romantic dates or other actions that I feel like most people think intimacy is. However, i feel like that caring and emotional support would fit under passion, rather than intimacy.
Proximity is not just aboutgeographic distance, but rather functionaldistance, or the frequency with which wecross paths with others.
A year ago I had started my current job at FootAction and me and the assistant manager got real close. I went to school with him and he is year older than me. I knew of him and would wave but we were never close until i started working with him because we cross paths so much. (functional distance)
More attractive people are perceived morepositively on a wide variety of traits, beingseen as more intelligent, healthy, trustworthy,and sociable
I believe that since attractive people are seen as more intelligent and healthy, that it leads to a bad stigma for them. A person who knows they are attractive can use these thoughts for their own advantages. That could be for good or bad.
Theattractiveness of peoples’ faces, as well as their bodies and voices, not only influences ourchoice of romantic partners, but also our impressions of people’s traits and important socialoutcomes in areas that have nothing to do with romance.
The majority of people always base their judgements of people based on their looks. If someone seems ore attractive then, they will seem more personable and trusting. Whereas, someone who seems less attractive would be considered sketchy. However, it is not right to judge off appearance because that does not describe someone's character.
Research has found that close friendshipscan protect our mental and physical healthwhen times get tough.
I do believe in this statement. However, i feel like this is is not entirely true, depending on the mindsets of close friends. If you and your close have the same thought processes then it will be extremely hard to help your mental health because they are going to say things that you already know and or already feel. I feel like close friends who have different but healthy thought process are the ones who can protect our mental and physical health.
For years, international adoptions havebeen popular.
I believe international adoption is simply a trend in America. I believe American's tend to adopt children from third world countries to prove that they believe in diversity or to show they have diversity in their family and they they do not discriminate against a certain race or culture. However, more and more children in America are being put up for adoption, but more people are obsessed with a foreign style.
Children who receive authoritarian parenting are more likely to be obedient andproficient, but score lower in happiness, social competence, and self-esteem.
Even though kids who have authoritarian parents may have better scores with the drawback of not being happy. I personally believe that not all children from this background are obedient. Authoritarian parents tend to raise sneaky kids since they are not allowed to do most things. Therefore, they are more likely to sneak out and do things they shouldn't be doing, but appear to be obedient to other people.
The decision to become a parent should not be taken lightly. There are positives and negativesassociated with parenting that should be considered. Many parents report that having childrenincreases their well-being (White & Dolan, 2009). Researchers have also found that parents,compared to their non-parent peers, are more positive about their lives (Nelson, Kushlev,English, Dunn, & Lyubomirsky, 2013). On the other hand, researchers have also found thatparents, compared to non-parents, are more likely to be depressed, report lower levels ofmarital quality, and feel like their relationship with their partner is more businesslike thanintimate (Walker, 2011
The thought of having a child is a serious matter. To be able to a raise a child you need a stable home, money, a good job, and some kind of support system. Also, when a baby is born a person's leisure time disappears. Now a days girls are getting pregnant at extremely young ages, not because they want to get pregnant but because of the fact that they did not want to use protection. From my on encounter with friends, most of them try to throw their babies on their parents or friends so they can go out, or complain how expensive they are. Children should not be thrown in someone's face as a consequence, but a person knows the aftermath of having a child, therefore, it should not be taken as a joke.
Increasingly, families are postponing ornot having children.
I believe that the younger generation, then ones in there current 30s are putting off having children because they are career focused right now. Many are wanting to get their profession started and having the money already saved up before have a child. Even some want to experience life before they have children. There is a TV show called Law and Order SUV and the main character Olivia Benson waited years after she was already well into her profession to having a kid. Even when she considered adoption she barely had the time to be able to watch him, so she had to lay back on how many hours she work. In the real world, most people are not willing to cut back time just to have children.
Research from the US (Harris,2015) and Japan (Veldkamp, 2009) finds thatmany pet owners consider their pets to bemembers of the family.
What factors cause people to consider their pets as family member. I know and have read about how most people consider their pets as their children, and even in recent studies, that more people were adopting dogs and cats and raising them instead of having children. Even some use pets as a way to train themselves before having children on their own. I personal consider my cat as a family member on the pure factor of I have had him as a newborn, so i am raising him, therefore we have a connection. Is there more to just having a connection with an animal to consider them a family member?