PSYC 1215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eggplant, Confirmation Bias, Classical Conditioning
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People personality, places, things, events (scripts, how is this going to play out), self, future, Made an example of being at the light on granville and broadway at 4 am, if you"d stop or go at a red light. Imagine : alone with wild friends vs. with grandma. Assume : person"s experience most accurately understood when seen in its social context (the real or imagined presence if others) Imagined others : internalised values, actions, symbols/sensory experiences (a certain smell or piece of music that brings you back to a memory) / personal / social standards. They give us : interpretation of past, present or future events/experiences of self, others and relationships. Can be activated automatically/non-consciously by sues in a situation or in our thoughts/feelings/ sensory experiences (primed) Schemas are prone to biases/errors because of their vividness, novelty, self-relevance that can significantly affect decisions/behaviour/emotions because.
