Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Cognition, Intelligence Quotient, Shark Attack

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

Social cognition processes by which information about people / social events is processed and stored. Two modes of information processing: automatic system 1 activities, unintentional, unaware, effec6tive, uncontrollable, make disgusted face, answer 1+1 math problem, detect hostility in voice, experienced driver drive on empty road, controlled system 2 activities. Intentional, aware, elaborate, controllable: more energy costing, rational thinking, slower, required memory resources, park in narrow space, focused attention, monitor appropriateness of behavior in new social situation. Asked either waitress-consistent qs, or waitress-inconsistent qs: result: ps told woman was waitress recall waitress-consistent info more accurately than waitress-inconsistent info. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-war demonstrations. Indian and native canadian: research study 3 [salvey & birnbaum 1989, recruited students suffering from flu, self-report happy/sad/neutral mood, report aches & pains & general discomfort for today/week, sad mood flu students report more discomfort in general.