Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture - The self- Self-awareness Outline of Current LectureCurrent Lecture- Self Serving Attributions- Take credit for our successes, avoid taking blame for our fail-ures. - How good of a person am i? Social Psychology1nd Edition- Self serving biases: we fool ourselves into thinking we’re better than we are. - Downward social comparison- Compare ourselves with people worse than us. - Makes accurate self knowledge difficultAttitudes- the extent to which we like or dislike something. - Person, idea, object- What attitudes are NOT- Outlook on life, manner, disposition- Why do we hold the attitudes we hold?- We have attitudes- Attitudes ---> Behavior- Are we rational actors?- Cognitive Dissonance- An unpleasant state caused by holding two or more conflicting cognitions- Attitude?- Behavior?- How to deal with hypocrisy?- Change behavior?- Rationalize behavior: change attitude to match behaviorHow do we live with our lives?- Noble ways- Stop lying- Less noble ways- Lie only a little- Avoid self awareness- Convince ourselves the ends justify the means- Convince ourselves we didn’t lie. The case of smoking- Dissonant Cognitions- I smoke- Smoking will kill