PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Hindsight Bias, One Story, Confirmation Bias
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People first - what they do, say, act: we think about other people more than any other topic (social rules, situations in which other people will be seeing/not seeing us, strangers, group situations etc) Inner processes have an important interpersonal function helps us feel accepted: we are motivated to fit in and be liked, relationship maintenance to make sure you don"t get rejected. Sometimes we compete against others to reach our goals. Not a conscious process, you don"t choose to do it. Cognitive miser reluctance to do much extra thinking. We have limited resources of attention/memory/brain power to think and make decisions. People are not prone to think more than what is absolutely necessary (unless motivated) Automatic system: allows us to do easy/well practiced things quickly without spending cognitive resources, serves the cognitive miser, not a critical thinker (often reinforces prejudice and discrimination) The conscious system: thoughts you know you"re having. Includes all processes that are more difficult/require more effort.
