PSYC 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Daniel Kahneman, Abnormal Psychology, John Bargh
1 May 2016
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Chappell"s life changed when he was hit by a car. He was diagnosed with visual agnosia, so he couldn"t recognize objects, but he could recognize faces. To recognize an object, we have to be able to perceive its part, synthesize them, and match them to the representation of that object stored in our brain. Social cognition is the way people think about themselves and the social world, how they select, interpret, remember and use social information to make judgments and decisions. Two different kinds of social cognition: 1) is quick and automatic, as when we effortlessly classify an object as a chair. Other times, we pause and think about ourselves and our environment, and carefully contemplate what is going on around us. Controlled thinking is more effortful and deliberate. The automatic and controlled modes of social cognition work well together. On automatic pilot: low- effort thinking people typically figure out new situatios quickly.
