PS270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Availability Heuristic, Representativeness Heuristic, Confirmation Bias
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Cognitive confirmation bias: processing information in a way that supports our existing schemas, interpret behaviour as consistent. Interpretation of ambiguous behaviour: e. g. , (cid:862)pla(cid:455)ful push,(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:448)iole(cid:374)t sho(cid:448)e(cid:863), pay attention to consistent behaviour. Heuristics: mental shortcuts that can save people times and cognitive resources, but they also lead to predictable biases in judgement, people overuse representativeness and availability and ignore other useful information. Availability and self-judgement: availability can influence self-judgements, participants recalled their own assertive or unassertive behaviors, recalled either 6 or 12 behaviors. Attribution: explaining behavior: attribution theory a description of how people explain the causes of behavior, to predict behavior, control behavior, learn about enduring traits, affe(cid:272)t people"s feeli(cid:374)gs, e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s, rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pressio(cid:374)s. Internal attributions something about the person is the cause, such as an attitude, a preference, or a personality trait: external attributions -- something about the situation is the cause. Most people would react in the same way in those circumstances.
