PSY 24000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stroop Effect, Thought Suppression, Confirmation Bias
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Most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years . Information we are presented w sticks in our mind. The way we think about things and the way information is presented to us can affect how we treat people. Even though article was published so long ago and numerous scientists have said it was wrong and being anti vaccination is very bad, a large majority of ppl are still anti vaccination. Social psychology- study of how ppl think and feel. Attitudes and motivations were the first to be studied. Social cognition: thinking by people about people and social relationships. In rise of social psych there was the rise of cognition. 70s ppl started focusing on ppl and objects and making attributions. Before social psychs were all about behaviorism. Its easier to study what ppl are doing. Why ppl think and why they dont. Research shows ppl are lazy about thinking. Cognitive miser: reluctance to do extra thinking.
