PSYC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thought Suppression, Racial Profiling, Probability Theory
23 May 2020
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Conjunction of two events occurring together is always less than either event occurring. Mental shortcut that involves using a numeric value as a starting point, and then. Adjusting one"s answer away from this anchor. Useful if anchor value is valid, errors if anchor value is invalid identified by tversky & kahneman (1974) Estimate by adjusting up or down from anchor we often do not adjust enough. Schema: mental models of some aspect of the social world that can influence the use and/or impact of information related to that part of the social world. Heuristics: mental shortcuts people use to increase cognitive efficiency. Police target and stop pedestrians, airline passengers, and motorists on the basis of their race. Automatic: monitoring process: search for evidence of unwanted thought. Controlled: operating process: distract self by finding something else to think about. People often motivated to see the world accurately. Humans are the best thinkers on the planet.
