Personality U400

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Personality U400

• Self, Self-Awareness, Alcohol

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Recent Observations

• College-Age Son and Friends
• St. Patricks Day
• Ping Pong Balls
• Health Center
• Ways to Quicken Intoxication
• Alcohol and Prescription Meds
• Why Drink?
• What do you hope will happen when drinking?

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Research on Self-Awareness and Alcohol Consumption

• Hull et al. (1983)
• 3 studies alcohol consumption reduces
  self-awareness
• Study 1 Alcohol condition speech contains fewer
  self-relevant statements
• Study 2 Replicated finding demonstrated
  alcohol key, not expectation of alcohol
• Study 3 Alcohol interfered self-relevant memory
  recall
• Conclusion Alcohol decreases self-awareness
  which permits one to avoid negative
  self-perceptions

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Consequences of Alcohol Consumption vs.
Expectancies

• Effects of Alcohol Consumption
• Impairs Information Processing
• Enhances Mood
• Impairs Motor Performance
• Increases Aggression
• Expectation of Alcohol Consumption
• Greater Sexual Arousal
• More Alcohol Consumed