PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Autobiographical Memory, Ingroups And Outgroups, Social Cognition
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Categorization: the process of recognizing and identify something ex common symptoms of a stroke this is the most basic process we use to understand and structure our world. We match features of an object with our knowledge about the defining characteristic and once we have categorized the object, we can make informed decisions. Social cognition: the study of how info about ppl is processed and stored. There are 2 basic motives that underlie human information processing. Schemas: mental representation of objects or categories, which contain the central features of the object or categories as well as assumptions about how the object or category works. More simply, schemas are mental rep of objects or categories of objects. When you see an ipod, you compare the object to your schema of ipod, if it matches, then you have an ipod. Schemas & categorization the basic function is schemas is to categorize objects in ways that gives meaning and predictability.
