PSYC212 Study Guide - Final Guide: Implicit-Association Test, Social Loafing, Social Proof
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Errors and biases in attributions p 8. Schemas are basic cognitive structures that represent our knowledge about a concept or stimulus. There are different types of schemas (asch): trait schemas e. g. so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)ed as (cid:858)(cid:449)a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:859) o(cid:396) (cid:858)(cid:272)old(cid:859). This has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) sho(cid:449)(cid:374) to influence subsequent information that people are given about someone if they are initially described as one or the other. That is, it provides a framework: person schemas are specific concepts about what a person is like. Tom schema, roisin schema: self schemas (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of (cid:449)ho (cid:862)(cid:455)ou(cid:863) a(cid:396)e; beliefs about oneself - can include the present and future, i. e. desired self, role schemas are expectations we hold about particular roles. E. g. expectations of what aeroplane pilots should be like, or what a typical prostitute is like. A lack of relevant scripts can often be majorly disorientating and frustrating: content free schemas general expectations about how the world works. E. g. balance theo(cid:396)(cid:455) that should like (cid:455)ou(cid:396) f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d(cid:859)s f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)ds.
