PSYC 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Retail Banking, Agreeableness, Extraversion And Introversion
14 Oct 2012
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2 modes of social cognition: automatic (thinking that is non-conscious or unintentional). Controlled (thinking that is conscious, voluntary and effortful, requires motivation and cognitive capacity (energy)) Distinction-not clear cut, there are different degrees of control in thinking driving home on automatic pilot" . Thought suppression: try to avoid thinking about something. Wegner, schneider, carter and white: examined suppression, people were asked to report their stream of consciousness in 5 minute segments (with a tape recorder) Independent variable #1 (within-subjects variable): suppress: in the next 5 minutes please verbalize your thoughts but don"t think of a white bear, every time you do though ring the bell. Express-same instructions but they are told to think of the white bear. Independent variable #2 (between-subjects variable): suppression first, then expression task; expression first, then suppression task. Counterfactual reasoning: it is a form of controlled thinking; we mentally change some part of the past by imagining what might have been.
