PSY 274 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nerd, Confirmation Bias, Nonverbal Communication
13 Feb 2018
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Cognitive representation a body of knowledge an individual has stored in his or her memory. Because the social world is very overwhelming: cognitive representations provide serviceable, but inexact solutions. What info is available out judgements are only as effective as the quality of the information on which they are based, yet the information available to us in everyday life is not always accurate or complete. Joel felt safe around him turned out to be a killer. (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:449)hat situatio(cid:374)s are (cid:455)ou (cid:373)ost talkati(cid:448)e. See more extroverted observations: fi(cid:374)d out if so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s a(cid:374) i(cid:374)tro(cid:448)ert. (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:449)hat situatio(cid:374)s do (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ish (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:373)ore outgoi(cid:374)g? (cid:863) He reached into his pocket and police thought it was a gum, so they shot him many times. Turns out, he was grabbing his wallet because he could not speak english: cognitive representations about race and weapons .
