PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Embodied Cognition
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We rely upon heuristics" or rules of thumb, when engaging in reasoning and decision making. And we rely on subtler, implicit ( unconscious ) signals. Taking shortcuts opens up us to biases, which we"re often unaware of. These biases can create all sorts of problems. Of course, relying so heavily upon our beliefs makes us biased, often so subtly that we are unaware of these biases, and we can therefore be led astray by our own belief- driven expectations. Because perception behaviour, our biases can actually create their own reality! Word, zanna & cooper study: coding behaviour of interviewers who interviewed white people, black people, dogs (?). With the white people, the white interviewers leaned forward, was more interested which resulted in a longer interview. With the black people, the interviewers were more nervous, leaned back and overall had shorter interviews. Evaluations of essays, resumes, classical music performances, etc. , based on race and gender.
