PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psychopathology, Binge Eating, Ebola Virus Disease
1 Sep 2016
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Basketball no evidence that shot made will lead to successive shots made. The belief that reckless musicians are more likely to die at the age of 27. Compelling anecdotes, imagery, exposure are more likely to be effective. 43% believes (wrongly) that the flu vaccine can give you flu. After shown info from cdc, intentions to get vaccinated decline. Prophetic dreams, disconfirming events are non-events and therefore less salient, less memorable. Gravitate more towards things that stick out in our memory. The mind as a lawyer analogy: our minds are more like lawyers rather than computers. When weighing evidence, seek preferred conclusions to confirm existing schemata & worldwide. The tendecy of any individual person to percieve the world accurately without bias relative to others. People think they have the most accurate view of the world. The first impressions people form are incredbily powerful and rarely ever change. Compare to other people, esp. in ambiguous situations.
