Obervational goals and behavior unitization: a reexamination

Article Abstract:

Research presented concerns how different observational goals such as learning a task or forming an impression changes the viewer's perception of an actor's behavior. This study addresses how perception, information processing, and meaning is regulated by viewers.

Social perception, Impression formation (Psychology), Social learning

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The genius effect: evidence for a nonmotivational interpretation

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Issues concerning the psychological dynamics related to the genius affect, which creates an exaggeration of the abilities of people who outperform others, are examined, focusing on how the self is used as a point of reference, whether the self is outperforming or is outperformed.

Psychological aspects, Self-esteem, Self esteem, Genius

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Affect and automatic mood maintenance

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The experience of a happy mood was predicted to automatically activate the mood-maintenance tendency proposed by the HCM. However, supporting the notion of automatic mood maintenance, happy participants appeared to evaluate the affective qualities of the future activities and base their preferences on this evaluation without realizing that they were doing so.

Evaluation, Mood (Psychology), Hedonism

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