PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oneword, Dietary Fiber, Wayne Gretzky
21 Apr 2016
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He was looking for a house and was thinking about all the decisions he had to make to make his choice. The judgement is motivated by what you want and want you need. Na ve scientists: we are like the ideal scientists in our everyday life. We try to make the best judgements that we can. We are not very good though because we make mistakes all the time in our social decisions. You are trying to make decisions and trying to make sense of what is going on around us. How we think about a topic e. g. how we evaluate evidence for some belief or hypothesis - depends on our motivation: goals, fears, preferences. Yes, sometimes we are like scientists, but most of the time we are just engaged in life. How we think about a subject is influenced by motivations. Choose the best person (e. g. , as a roommate):
