PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stanley Milgram, Stanford Prison Experiment, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
10 Apr 2017
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Peron perception, attribution processes, attitudes, conformity & obedience, behavior in groups, interpersonal attraction. Cognitive activity that transforms information in order to reach specific conclusions. Process of choosing among various courses of action or alternatives. Rational decision making: making decision in a cool, mathematical way. Rational considerations: utility or value to you of each alternative, probability of results occurring. Informal decision making: the more common (everyday process, relies on: hunches, intuition, information from memories, opinions from others. Role of mood states: cu(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)oods (cid:894)espe(cid:272)iall(cid:455) (cid:862)st(cid:396)o(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:373)oods(cid:895) can dramatically reduce our ability to reason effectively. Role of beliefs: reasoning is often influenced by beliefs associated with strong emotions (or moods) What happens when strong beliefs come face to face with logical arguments: logical arguments are often discounted. We automatically impose visual organization on stimuli. Three main gestalt principles: grouping (proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, law of proximity, goodness of figures, law of pragnanz, figure/ground relationships, everything that is not figure is ground.
