PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Counterfactual Thinking, Prefrontal Cortex, Fallacy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2110
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Correlation (+) as one variable goes up, the other goes up as well. (-) as one variable goes up, the other variable goes down. (inverse relation) Manner in which we interpret, analyse, remember, & use information about the social world. It isn"t always rational, often influenced by emotions. To not display emotion, must be trained. If information matches a schema, it is processed there. If no matching schema, new schema is created. If information sharply different, encode in separate category tag . Can be quick, or take more time. Teachers lead to believe students would bloom" academically, students end up doing better in school because of this. Multitasking is easier when younger, rote activities easier, less strenuous. Simple rules made unconsciously to deal with large loads of info and aid in decision making. Strategy for making judgement based on similarity of stimuli a compared to stimuli b. Easier to bring up information if done in the past.