Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Controllability, John Bargh, Mirror Neuron

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

Document Summary

Schemas: mental structures that organize our knowledge about the social world. In uence what we notice, think about and remember. Dif cult to change, especially over time (self-ful lling prophecies) Peoples schemas/expectations about others can in uence how they behave toward rose others. Can lead to others to act in a manner of consistent with the original expectations. When you process information that is schema consistent you are much faster to process the information. If you are given a blank then you will tend to ll it with schema consistent information. Exist to help us organize and make sense of the world. Useful when encountering ambiguous situations and to help us organize and make sense of the world and ll gaps of knowledge. Priming schemas: schemas and other traits can be made immediately accessible by recent experiences. Can lead people to use it to interpret new situation even with those that are completely unrelated --> can lead to bad judgments.