PSYC 215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Random Assignment, Naturalistic Fallacy

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Julie Caouette

Document Summary

Note that some questions on the test will be of approximately this difficulty; some will likely be more difficult but will generally follow this same format. Schemas are important because they: are elaborate stores of systematized knowledge, guide our expectations for a wide range of situations. influence our judgments, all of the above are true. The main difference between unconscious processes and controlled processes is that unconscious processes run only serially: are more accurate, are more likely to influence behavior, can operate in parallel, two of the above. The naturalistic fallacy refers to the claim that things should be different from the way they are now. the process of evolution can select for disadvantageous characteristics. the way things are is the way they should be. Sometimes we overlook highly relevant information: people can overcome many things they are predisposed to do.