PSYCO241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Magical Thinking, Mirror Neuron, Counterfactual Thinking
3 Oct 2016
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Schema consistent information is more likely recalled better shelf life : ex. A woman called a librarian or a waitress, likes beer or classical music, if told she was a librarian theyd remember she likes the music more: caveat: Preference for dialecticism: way of thinking that acknowledges and accepts inconsistency. Cultural based differences in thinking influence how peoples memory biases construct stable and consistent schemas of the world and people. Chinese people more likely to remember aspects that imply more inconsistent self descriptions, than euro-americans. But if info is highly inconsistent youre more likely to remember it longer: ex. If you develop schema before then youll remember things that were inconcsistent with it more. If you develop schema after, youre more likely to remember info that was consistent with that schema. Recollection bias: tend to remember positive things more. Mood congruent memory: tend to recall positive things when in a positive mood and vice versa.
