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Psychology in daily life: An interesting experience
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Psychology in daily life. Saturday, March 15, 2008. We make many decisions daily, ranging from the mundane, such as. Where should I go for lunch today? Or 'What shall I have for breakfast? To those requiring complex cognitive processes, such as. I can save about $2 per day if I walk home from school and exercise at the same time'. Most of these decisions are made quickly and effortlessly. According to Breckler, Olson, and Wiggins (2006), we make common, everyday decisions based on. His facial features fi...
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Psychology in daily life: cognitive dissonance theory
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Psychology in daily life. Sunday, March 30, 2008. We often feel uncomfortable when some of our beliefs contradict one another. The. Proposed by Leon Festinger stated that being aware of consistent beliefs (. Creates positive feelings in us. However, being aware of inconsistent beliefs (. Haa its seems that we are providing excuses to our academic status juz cuz we are studyin social psych - we based on the theories that we learnt to daily life. Is adding consonant cognitions = excuses? What do u think?
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Psychology in daily life: How affected are you by novel things?
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Psychology in daily life. Thursday, March 27, 2008. How affected are you by novel things? People’s attitudes vary across factors such as time, mood, situations and environmental settings. A simple question such as ‘What is your attitude towards lizards? 8217; or ‘What is your attitude towards teenage abortion? 8217; can generate many different types of responses by various people. So what exactly is attitude? Feelings and emotions),. Beliefs) components. The. 8216;familiarity breeds contempt’. Your new c...
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Psychology in daily life: The what if's in life
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Psychology in daily life. Sunday, March 23, 2008. The what if's in life. Everyone has at some point of their life reflected back on their past behaviours or thoughts and asked themselves,. 8216;What might have happened if I didn’t do what I did? Or perhaps you’ve thought about how different your life would be if you had gone to a different university or wished that you had taken a different course of study. I know I did. Social research terms such phenomena as counterfactual thoughts. Getting to know me.
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Psychology in daily life: For Vivian
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Psychology in daily life. Thursday, May 8, 2008. I've completed my 5 blog entries and 10 comments for the subject. My comments are usually signed as esther or esther hong for the blog entries i've commented on. The following is a list of the blogs that i have made comments on:. 1) http:/ thisblogisforvivienwithane.blogspot.com/. By Julia (3 comments). Altruism vs. egoism. Prejudice and discrimination (against overweight women). 2) http:/ fallingchocolaterain.blogspot.com/. By Chocolate Rain (1 comment).
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Psychology in daily life: Conformity
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Psychology in daily life. Saturday, March 29, 2008. We are guided by. 8216;go with the flow’. Or if persuasion doesn’t work, say something like. 8216;why are you trying to make life difficult for yourself and other people around you? So what exactly constitutes conformity? Why do people conform? Breckler, Olson, and Wiggins (2006) in the Social psychology ‘Alive’ textbook, defined. And adolescents who feel the need to. 8216;fit in with their clique’. Learning about the concept of conformity, I realized m...
