PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Claudia Schiffer, Social Cognition, Pluralistic Ignorance
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Ideological distortions: most of us have an ideological agenda, or a desire to foster certain beliefs or behaviors in others, leads us to, knowingly or unknowingly, accentuate some elements of a story and suppress others. Royzman, 2001: people may be more vigilant for potential threat than for potential benefits. How information is presented slight variations in the presentation of information (how and when the information is presented) can have profound effects on our judgements. Confirmation bias often leads people unwittingly to ask questions that shape the answers they get, providing illusory support for what they"re trying to find out. The influence of schemas us to mischaracterize the world: without schemas, our lives would be buzzing with confusion; schemas can sometimes lead. Recent activation one of the most common and important ways of activating a schema: ford & kruglanski, 1995; herr, 1986; sherman, mackie & driscoll, 1990; srull & wyer,