PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hindsight Bias, Offender Profiling, Selective Perception
1 Nov 2018
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An organized body of information in memory abstracted after multiple experiences. E. g. an american, a lecture hall, a sci-fi horror movie, a hotel, a shower. They can help in identifying, making inferences, and reconstructing from memory. Derived from commonalities of lots of experiences. Allow inferences, so help in understanding (& later reconstructing memory) But allo(cid:449) fo(cid:396) (cid:448)a(cid:396)iatio(cid:374) (cid:894)o(cid:396) (cid:455)ou"d (cid:374)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to take a sho(cid:449)e(cid:396) o(cid:374) a t(cid:396)ip! (cid:895) Hierarchical structure - schemas are highly organized and have parts. E. g. i(cid:374) a do(cid:272)to(cid:396)"s offi(cid:272)e: a waiting room, the receptionist area, blood pressure gauge, the doctor. E. g. in a shower: at least one nozzle, flow control, temp control. Variables: may or may not be there. E. g. i(cid:374) do(cid:272)to(cid:396)"s offi(cid:272)e: tv i(cid:374) (cid:449)aiti(cid:374)g (cid:396)oo(cid:373), (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) the (cid:396)e(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)ist (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ts payment, sex of doctor. These make schemas generalized and versatile (because of the variable part) but with some universal consistency (due to the default part)
