PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Social Cognition, Eleanor Rosch, Parallel Computing
29 Oct 2013
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Social objects: refer to people but also nonpersons. A physical object that has the ability to engage in social cognition. An object that can think about other objects and can think about other social objects. You can consider them and be aware of them. Cognition: perception, processing/encoding, storage/knowledge representation, retrieval/application. Pre attentive processes when you rapidly process a complex scene. Become aware of something/ perceive it in the environment. Complex = large, multi-element display of information. Gaze detection: face that is looking at us stands out more and we tend to look at that more. Something that catches your eye or pops out at you. Encoding: selecting information from the environment and storing it in memory. Mental set of expectations for a person or a situation for pretty much anything about the social. Mental structures used to organise knowledge about the social world around themes or subjects.
