PSYC*2130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Counterfactual Thinking, Thought Suppression
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Cognition: ways we process, store, remember + use social info: ex. Ask mom to extend curfew when she"s in good mood: feelings + moods strongly influence several aspects of cognition + cognition exerts strong effects on feelings + moods. Mood dependent memory: memory depends on mood. Mood congruence memory: remember positive info in positive mood, remember negative info in negative mood. Positive mood will be positive info noticed and remembered when in positive mood. Negative mood will be negative info noticed and remembered when in negative. Impact on info processing: emotional info encourage heuristics, automatic processing rather than systematic processing or thought, difficult to disregard emotional info once it is introduced, implications for legal system. Rebound effect similar to thought suppression: ex. Syrian boy drowning hard to get other thoughts in mind. Not aware of crush on someone until you sit beside them: learn emotions through experience you have, activation of schemas containing a strong affective component, ex.
