PSYC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Counterfactual Conditional, Confirmation Bias, Ator
1 Feb 2017
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Application: scenarios pls explain how this applies to etc. Social cognition examines how we process our social world, focusing on thoughts about others and our relationships. As academics, we love thinking about people, but not everyone loves to do extra thinking. According to social cognitive psychologists, the human mind is made up of two systems. Driving somewhere and then forgetting how you got there not even thinking (duplex mind): It works outside of consciousness (not voluntary) and requires little effort. about it. It preforms complex operations within the awareness of the thinker. The person makes conscious decisions got from point a to point b think about more things. E. g. , driving in poor weather all you can see is the snow, you know how you. Stroop test is a good example of illustrating the two systems. In the test, you are presented with a list of colours.
