PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Hasidic Judaism, Ingroups And Outgroups, Sideburns
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Initial quote for a new car by race and gender (ref slide 4 for chart) Black males are quoted at a higher price than white females and males, and black females. Although, black females are also quoted higher than both white males and females. Age, physical differences, ses, any previous knowledge of the current study for which they have volunteered for, etc. This control is necessary in order to find precise differences. Take notes on movie and prepare to speak! Hassidic jews: black hats, black suits, beards, ringlet sideburns , religious. Heuristics; to generalize; (memcog)create a prototypic mental idea of things in order to remember more important things. Infinite number of stimuli in environment but limited capacity cognitive system (7+/- items) Allows for us to save cognitive energy which we can use on more complex/important items. Thus, we don"t have to re-learn things.
