PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Williams Syndrome, Ingroups And Outgroups, Amygdala
4 May 2018
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Psychology 1X03 – Introduction to Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Forming Impressions
Forming Impressions:
When cognition meets social interaction
Attention is the gateway to memory
Thinking fast, thinking slow
- When meeting someone for the first time, system 1 thinking usually occurs
- Quick, snap judgement of them occurs
Intergroup bias spans cognition, affect and behaviour
Stereotypes (Cognition): beliefs about attributes that are thought to be
characteristic of members of particular groups
Prejudice (Affect): a negative attitude or affective response toward a certain group
and tis individual members
Discrimination (Behaviour): negative behaviour towards members of a particular
group based on their membership in that group
Your perception of the world is guided by prior experience, biases and
heuristics
Schemas guide categorization and memory
- The stereotyping that professor’s offices contain books
- Books were not in the image but approximately 30% of people falsely
remember books being within it
Schemas simplify our social interactions
- There are schemas that represent ourselves, others, objects, and events
Conventions guide behaviours in the social world
- There are social conventions that tell you what to do, what not to do
o Do: be polite, compliment, offer to pay
o Don’t: discuss weddings and babies
A concept is represented by a prototype
- There are prototypes for people as well
o Prototypes for professors, students, etc.
o Also more serious prototypes for victims, terrorists, etc.
o There are prototypes for the looks and behaviours of these people
Mac vs. Western
- Why do some students choose to go to McMaster while others choose to go to
Western?
o Reasons for both; positive and negative
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Document Summary
Psychology 1x03 introduction to psychology, neuroscience and behaviour. When meeting someone for the first time, system 1 thinking usually occurs. Stereotypes (cognition): beliefs about attributes that are thought to be characteristic of members of particular groups. Prejudice (affect): a negative attitude or affective response toward a certain group and tis individual members. Discrimination (behaviour): negative behaviour towards members of a particular group based on their membership in that group. Your perception of the world is guided by prior experience, biases and heuristics. The stereotyping that professor"s offices contain books. Books were not in the image but approximately 30% of people falsely remember books being within it. There are schemas that represent ourselves, others, objects, and events. There are social conventions that tell you what to do, what not to do: do: be polite, compliment, offer to pay, don"t: discuss weddings and babies.
