Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Availability Heuristic, Social Cognition, Thought Suppression

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

Document Summary

One kind of thought is quick and automatic as when we effortlessly classify an object as a chair. The second kind of social cognition controlled thinking. Automatic thinking thinking that is nonconscious, unintentional, involuntary and effortless. People as everyday theorists: automatic thinking with schemas. Schemas also influence the way in which we process information. These mental structures influence the information we notice, think about, and remember. We also tend to fill in the blanks with schema-consistent information. When applied to members of a social group such as one of gender or race, schemas are commonly referred to as stereotypes. Cultural determinants of schemas everyone uses schemas to understand the world, the content of our schemas is influenced by our culture. Neurological disorder called korsakov"s syndrome = don"t have schemas it is so important to us to have continuity, to relate new experiences to our past schemas, that people who lose this ability invent schemas where none exist.