Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tim Hortons, Counterfactual Conditional, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Schemas: schemas are mental structures that organize our knowledge about the social world. Result: triggers lower self-ratings: similar study done again with catholics: disapproving face of pope, asked how holy they were, priming without visual cues (called embodied cognitions, citrus windex primes morality schema, physical warmth friendliness. ! positive mood: problem: difficult to replicate (in fact, many priming studies are not replicable priming is not as easy/straightforward as we thought) Self-fulfilling prophecies: one"s schemas/expectations about others can influence how they behave towards those others, this can lead others to act in a manner that reinforces the original schema/expectation. You met a guy but found him to be a jerk and develop a negative schema about him. A week later, you pass by him and this recognition activates your schema ( i don"t like him ), causing you avoid eye contact and ignore him. As this happens, he recognizes you and is confused why you are being rude.