PSY 331 Chapter Notes -Thought Suppression
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Short story: people are cognitive misers, we try to think as little as possible, use time/effort saving strategies , ex. restaurant script, spend the night , usually work, but not always. 2 types (not exhaustive): we see what we expect, we see what we want. 3 set number study: any 3 set of numbers that increase, we tend to not pick things that disprove hypotheses. Seek confirmatory info: desire for hypothesis to be true, not necessary! Task: determine if partner is : manipulation: introvert or extrovert. Pygmalion in the classroom (rosenthal & jacobsen, 1968: teachers were told some students would be bloomers , those students ended up doing better over the school year, tricky part, bloomer label given out randomly! What happened: teacher expectations affected how they treated students , more attention, encouragement, etc, which helps learning. Our expectations : shape our behavior shape others" behavior confirming our expectations. Schema: organized structure of knowledge: guides info processing.