Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: African Grey Parrot, Standard Deviation, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Jackson

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Media/news,etc. : affect heuristic, overestimating probabilities based on how we feel/our emotions, ex. Ex. ppl more scared of terrorist attack than an illness, even though the illness is more probable to kill than a terrorist attack: barriers to reasoning rationally cont"d, avoiding loss - minimizing risk. Framing effect: definition, ex, other barriers, found in textbook , intelligence, it matters because it is used, definition. Not single component found yet : two broad approaches, psychometric approach. Focus on measuring intelligence: usually by iq, cognitive approach. Focus on appreciating diversity of forms of capacity: many types of intelligence other than iq (ex. Stereotype threat: stereotype threat, introduced by claude steele (stanford uni prof, being aware that a group you belong to is (unfairly) stereotyped can lead to disrupted performance. Ex. kids get anxious and disengaged from class if they feel/are aware that their teacher thinks negatively about them b/c of their ethnic group: research on st, 2 conditions.