PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Cognition

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2110
• Professor: Marie Lyne Laliberte

Document Summary

Article 7 - some systematic biases of everyday judgement. O(cid:373)e people ha(cid:448)e diffi(cid:272)ult(cid:455) (cid:449)/ (cid:449)hat (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e (cid:272)alled (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pared to (cid:449)hat(cid:863) pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) (cid:894)pg 3(cid:1012)(cid:895) Goal of the hairpiece is to fool the public *confirmations speak loudly while disconfirmations remain silent. People are more inclined to remember info that fits their expectations than info at variance w/ their expectations. People have the easiest time recalling info that is consistent w/ their expectations or preferences. Thus people remember best when they expect or prefer needs modification. Often inconsistent info is better recalled - depends on whether even is eventful. Some events are either one-sided or two-sided: Two sided: those that stand out - for ex if you bet on sporting event & so either outcome is win or loss - has emotional significance and so likely to emerge from everyday experience. But if did not ring it is called non-event (only confirmations stand out)