PSY-0013 Lecture Notes - Social Cognition
22 Feb 2014
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30th jan 14: schemas: belief systems we use to organize knowledge about the world, assumptions & expectations, influence: 1) what we notice, 2) what we think about, 3) what we remember, =social cognition, ex. : types of people , roommate first impression -: what did you notice, what assumptions we made: ex. : social roles: e. g. librarian, engineer, professor: ex. : specific events: e. g. eating at a restaurant, haircut, first new class: why rely on schemas, pros: 1) sense of continuity, 2) help us simplify / interpret confusing / ambiguous social world. But there are cons: different circumstances make different schemas more/less accessible, certain cues or experiences can prime a particular schema, prime study examples: the donald studies: ps asked to memorize list of words. L2: reckless, conceited, stubborn: unrelated study: ps read about donald . Depvar: recognition of degraded images: findings: activating thoughts related to black" affects thoughts related to crime, study 2: ps=white male stanford students.
