PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Atlantic Ocean, Embodied Cognition, Availability Heuristic
13 Mar 2018
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The way people think about themselves and the social world - how they selected, interpret, remember, and use social information to make judgements and decisions. One kind of thought is quick and automatic- as when we effortlessly classify an object as a chair. This is the second kind of social cognition-controlled thinking, which is more effortful and deliberate. Thinking that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary, and effortless. Automatic thinking helps us understand new situations by relating them to our prior experiences. Schemas - mental structures people use to organize their knowledge about the social world themselves and that influence the information people notice, think about, and remember. Help organize and make sense of our world, helpful in confusing or ambiguous situations. Accessibility - the extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of people"s minds and are, therefore, likely to be used when making judgments about the social world. Some schemas are chronically accessible because of past experiences.
