PSY 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Laundry Detergent, Magical Thinking, Social Cognition
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Magical thinking thinking that our thoughts have external control. Thinking that one"s thoughts can control the world in some way. Attributing our thoughts to external conditions where we actually have no control. Schemas frameworks that help us organize social information. Attention schemas act as filters; ignore what isn"t consistent, acknowledge what is. Retrieving schemas lead to consistent information that"s recalled and used more. We"re more likely to report information that is consistent, but unique experiences may be consistent often more prevalent in memory. Priming temporarily increasing the availability of the schema that allows it to be more accessible. Used priming to activate schema for laundry detergent. Bodily sensations can prime us for making decisions. Judged stranger as more trustworthy with citrus scent. More likely to donate time and money to charity. Self-fulfilling prophecy we make a schema come true. Rosenthal & jacobson (1968) iq tests and children.
