01:830:321 Study Guide - Final Guide: Confirmation Bias, Thought Suppression, Fundamental Attribution Error
Document Summary
Situational factors can be powerful determinants of behavior. Hindsight bias- tendency to overestimate our prediction ability. Correspondence bias- tendency to associate behavior with personality. This results in the fundamental attribution error if the bias is objectively wrong. Influenced by needs to be accurate, to feel good, to achieve acceptance and approval, and to reduce uncertainty. Construals lead to expectations, which lead to confirmations. Your perception of something influences your behavior towards it, which shapes it to match your original perception. Social cognition- continuum between automatic and controlled procedded. Mental models of how the world works. Regulate attention, influence construals, and guide memory reconstruction. Most influential when our cognitive resources are tied up or in ambiguous situations. Accessibility: chronic schemas- used most often, temporary schemas- influenced by supraliminal and subliminal priming. Characteristics: automatic, perseverance effect- resistance to discomfirmatory evidence. Confirmation bias, sampling bias (personal experience in too narrow), sfps.
