PSYC 2040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fraternities And Sororities, Social Cognition, Thought Suppression
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Social cognition-- how people interpret, analyze, remember and use information about the social world. Schemas-- mental frameworks centering around a specific theme that helps organize social information. This is how you organize information about a specific theme. It"s easier to understand schema than the individual bits and pieces. (example-- restaurant you think about food, drinks, waiters, menu, hostess, silverware, kitchen staff, a check, tip, etc. When you see a restaurant, a lot of information is brought up. All this information is stored under the schema of restaurant. You may also have instances from your own life saved under this schema-- i. e. your favorite restaurant. It is easier to organize this information underneath restaurant and understand than to think about each piece individually) it is possible to have false schemas (example-- stereotypes). Information consistent with a schema you have already created is easily understood under a schema it is easier to encode.
